Vistdal or Myklebostad is a village in the Vistdalen valley in

Molde Municipality Molde Municipality () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The village center is called Myklebostad while the greater village area is known as Vistdal. The village has a grocery shop with gasoline pumps, cafe on Saturdays, campsite, school, kindergarten, and

Vistdal Church Vistdal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myklebostad, Møre og Romsdal, Myklebostad. It is the church for the Vistdal parish which is pa ...

. Vistdal also has a sports field equipped with an

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field, a

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court, and a disc golf field. The village is located along the south side of the Langfjorden, just west of the mouth of the

Eresfjorden Eresfjorden is a fjord in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is a long branch off of the main Langfjorden, which is itself a branch off the great Romsdal Fjord. The fjord begins at the mouth of the Eira River near the v ...

, about southwest of the village of

Eidsvåg Eidsvåg may refer to: People * Bjørn Eidsvåg, a Norwegian singer, songwriter and priest Places * Eidsvåg, Nesset, a village in Molde municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Eidsvåg, Bergen, a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in V ...

. The village of

Eresfjord Eresfjord is a village in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the river Eira (river), Eira between the Eresfjorden and the lake Eikesdalsvatnet. The mountain Skjorta lies just to the east of the vi ...

lies about to the southeast through the Vistdal valley.

History

The village was historically part of the old

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of Nesset. In 1838 it became part of

Nesset Municipality Nesset is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Molde Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre ...

. From 1890 until 1964, it was part of the old Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality. In 1964 it became part of

once again. Since 2020, it has been part of

References

{{Authority control Molde Villages in Møre og Romsdal