Møre og Romsdal

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Møre og Romsdal County Møre og Romsdal fylke
County
Møre fylke  (historic name) Romsdals amt  (historic name)
Else-May Norderhus (Ap)
• County mayor    (2011)	Tove-Lise Torve (Ap)
Area
• Total	14,356 km2 (5,543 sq mi)
• Land	13,840 km2 (5,340 sq mi)
• Water	516 km2 (199 sq mi)  3.6%
• Rank	#9 in Norway
Population  (2021)
• Total	265,544
• Rank	#9 in Norway
• Density	19.2/km2 (50/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+5.6%
Demonyms	Sunnmøringer, Nordmøringer, and Romsdalinger[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Nynorsk
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-15[3]
Income (per capita)	139,200 kr (2001)
GDP (per capita)	243,412 kr (2001)
GDP national rank	#6 in Norway (3.89% of country)
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Møre og Romsdal (Urban East Norwegian:

The name Møre og Romsdal was created in 1936. The first element refers to the districts of

For hundreds of years (1660-1919), the region was called Romsdalen

The name Møre was chosen to represent the region where the majority of the county residents lived. That name is

The coat of arms was granted on 15 March 1978. It shows three gold-colored Viking ships on a blue background. Shipping and shipbuilding were historically very important to the region, so boats were chosen as the symbol of the arms. The masts on the Viking ships form crosses, which symbolize the strong Christian and religious beliefs as well as the strong religious organisations in the county. There are three boats to represent the three districts of the county: Sunnmøre, Romsdal and Nordmøre.^[7]

Geography

Traditionally, the county has been divided into three districts. From north to south, these are

Settlements

Møre og Romsdal has six settlements with town status. The largest three (Ålesund, Kristiansund, and Molde) were towns long before 1993 when municipalities were given the legal authority to grant town status rather than just the King (and government). This change in law led to an increase in the number of towns (Fosnavåg, Åndalsnes, and Ulsteinvik were all added after this time). The county contains many other urban settlements (as defined by Statistics Norway) without town status, every municipality except for Halsa and Smøla contains at least one. As of 1 January 2018, there were 192,331 people (about 72 percent of the population) living in densely populated areas in the county while only 73,946 people lived in sparsely populated areas.^[8] The population density is highest near the coast, with all of the county's towns located on saltwater.

The largest town in the county is

Møre og Romsdal has a total of 26 municipalities.[10]^[11]

Municipal Number	Name	Adm. Centre	Location in the county	Established	Includes (former municipalities)
1505	Kristiansund	Kristiansund		1 Jan 2008	1554 Bremsnes (part) 1555 Grip 1556 Frei
1506	Molde	Molde		1 Jan 2020	1542 Eresfjord og Vistdal 1543 Nesset 1544 Bolsøy 1545 Midsund 1545 Sør-Aukra
1507	Ålesund	Ålesund		1 Jan 2020	1523 Ørskog 1529 Skodje 1530 Vatne 1531 Borgund 1534 Haram 1546 Sandøy (part)
1511	Vanylven	Fiskåbygd		1 Jan 1838	1512 Syvde 1513 Rovde (part)
1514	Sande	Larsnes		1 Jan 1867	1513 Rovde (part)
1515	Herøy	Fosnavåg		1 Jan 1838
1516	Ulstein	Ulsteinvik		1 Jan 1838
1517	Hareid	Hareid		1 Jan 1917
1520	Ørsta	Ørsta		1 Aug 1883	1521 Vartdal 1522 Hjørundfjord
1525	Stranda	Stranda		1 Jan 1838	1523 Sunnylven
1528	Sykkylven	Aure		1 Aug 1883
1531	Sula	Langevåg		1 Jan 1977
1532	Giske	Valderhaugstrand		1 Jan 1908	1533 Vigra
1535	Vestnes	Vestnes		1 Jan 1838	1536 Tresfjord
1539	Rauma	Åndalsnes		1 Jan 1964	1537 Veøy (part)
1547	Aukra	Falkhytta		1 Jan 1838	1546 Sandøy (part)
1554	Averøy	Bruhagen		1 Jan 1964	1552 Kornstad 1553 Kvernes 1554 Bremsnes
1557	Gjemnes	Batnfjordsøra		1 Sep 1893	1553 Kvernes (part) 1558 Øre
1560	Tingvoll	Tingvollvågen		1 Jan 1838	1559 Straumsnes 1564 Stangvik (part)
1563	Sunndal	Sunndalsøra		1 Jan 1838	1561 Øksendal 1562 Ålvundeid 1564 Stangvik (part)
1566	Surnadal	Skei		1 Jan 1838	1564 Stangvik (part) 1565 Åsskard
1573	Smøla	Hopen		1 Jan 1960	1573 Edøy 1574 Brattvær 1575 Hopen
1576	Aure	Aure		1 Jan 1838	1568 Stemshaug 1570 Valsøyfjord 1572 Tustna
1577	Volda	Volda		1 Jan 1838	1444 Hornindal 1518 Dalsfjord
1578	Fjord	Stordal		1 Jan 2020	1524 Norddal 1526 Stordal
1579	Hustadvika	Elnesvågen		1 Jan 2020	1548 Fræna 1549 Bud 1550 Hustad 1551 Eide

Infrastructure

Møre og Romsdal is served by nine airports, of which only the four airports located near the four largest centres have regular domestic flights. The largest airport in the county is

In 2007, Møre og Romsdal had 6,339 kilometres (3,939 mi) of public roads, an increase of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) since the previous year, as well as 4,258 kilometres (2,646 mi) of private roads, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) more than in 2006.[15]

There is one railway, the Rauma Line, which starts at Åndalsnes and connects to the main railway network of Norway. Public buses are operated by the county, using the brand name Fram.

Economy of the county administration (fylkeskommune)

As of 2024, the economy of the county administration (

History

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	191,621	—
1961	213,286	+11.3%
1971	223,709	+4.9%
1981	236,062	+5.5%
1991	238,278	+0.9%
2001	243,810	+2.3%
2011	253,904	+4.1%
2021?	282,661	+11.3%
2031?	303,810	+7.5%
Source: Statistics Norway[1]. Bergenhus amt. Then in 1689 (another 9 years later), the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre, and Nordmøre were again merged into one amt/county: Romsdalen. Then in 1701 (another 11 years later) Romsdalen amt was split and divided between Trondhjems amt (which got Romsdal and Nordmøre) and Bergenhus amt (which got Sunnmøre). In 1704 (a mere 4 years later), the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre, and Nordmøre were again merged into one county. The borders of the county have not been changed much since 1704. The annex parish of Vinje within the larger Hemne parish was transferred from Romsdalens amt to Søndre Trondhjems amt in 1838 (according to the 1838 Formannskapsdistrikt law, a parish could no longer be divided between two counties, so Vinje had to be in the same county as the rest of the parish). On 1 January 2019, the municipality of Rindal was transferred from Møre og Romsdal county to the neighboring Trøndelag county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality of Halsa became part of the new municipality of Heim in Trøndelag county. In 2019, archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, using large-scale high-resolution radar technology, determined that a 17-meter-long Viking ship was buried on the island of Edøya near Edøy Church. They estimate the ship's age as over 1,000 years: from the Merovingian or Viking period; the group planned to conduct additional searches in the area. A similar burial was found previously by a NIKU team in 2018, in Gjellestad.[19] Parishes Main article: List of churches in Møre og Romsdal Aukra (Akerø) Aure Austefjord Bergmo Bjørke Bolsøy Borgund Brattvåg Brattvær Bremsnes Bud (Boe) Dalsfjord Edøy Old Edøy Eid Eide Eikesdal Ellingsøy Eresfjord Fiksdal Fjørtoft Frei (Fredøe) Fræna Geiranger Giske Gjemnes Gjøra Godøy Grip Grytten Gullstein Gursken Halsa Hamnsund Haram Hareid Harøy Hen Herøy Hildre Hjørundfjord Hof Holm Hopen Hov Hustad Ikornnes Indre Fræna Indre Herøy Indre Sula Kilsfjord Kirkelandet Kleive Kornstad Kors Kristiansund Kvernes Kvernes Stave Langevåg Larsnes Leikanger Liabygda Mo Molde Myrbostad Nesset Nord Aukra Nord-Heggdal Nordbyen Norddal Nordlandet Otrøy Otterøy Ranes (Skei) Rindal Roald Romfo Rovde Røbekk Rød Rødven Rødven Stave Røvik Saint Jetmund Sande Sandøy Sekken Sira Church (Nesset) Skarbøvik Skei Skodje Smøla Spjelkavik Stangvik Stemshaug Old Stordal Stordal Stranda Straumsnes Sunndal Sunnylven Surnadal (Surendal) Sykkylven Sylte Syvde Sør Aukra Sør-Tustna Tingvoll Todalen Tresfjord Tustna Ulstein Valderøy Valsøyfjord Vanylven Vartdal Vatne Vestnes Veøy Old Veøy Vigra Vike Vistdal Volda Voll Volsdalen Vågstranda Vågøy Ytre Fræna Øksendal Øre Ørskog Ørsta Øverdalen Øvre Rindal Øye Ålesund Ålvundeid Åram Åsskard Kristiansund Branch (LDS, 1904–1923) Ålesund Branch (LDS, early-1923) Villages Main article: list of villages in Møre og Romsdal Alnes Angvik Aukrasanden Aure, Aure Aure, Sykkylven Austnes Batnfjordsøra Boggestranda Brandal Brattvåg Bremsnes Bruhagen Bud Dravlaus Dyrkorn Eggesbønes Eide Eidsbygda Eidsdal Eidsvik Eidsvåg Eikesdalen Eiksund Elnesvågen Eresfjord Fiksdal Fiskåbygd Flemma Flåskjer Fyrde Geiranger Gjemnes Gjøra Glærem Grip Grøa Gullstein Gursken Haddal Halsanaustan Hareid Hausbygda Heggem Helle Hellesylt Helsem Hjelset Hjørungavåg Hoelsand Hoffland Hollingen Hopen Hovland Hustad Ikornnes Innfjorden Isfjorden Jordalsgrenda Kleive Kornstad Kvalsund Kvernes Kårvåg Langevåg Larsnes Langøy Leikong Leira Leitebakk Liabygda Liabøen Longva Løvika Malme Malmefjorden Mauseidvåg Midsund Mittet Mo Myklebost, Sandøy Myklebost, Vanylven Myklebostad Myklebost Måndalen Nedre Frei Nesjestranda Nord-Heggdal Norddal Nordstrand Ona Rausand Rensvik Roald Romfo Rovdane Råket Røbekk Rødven Røssøyvågen Røvika Sande Sjøholt Skei Skodje Slagnes Spjelkavik Stangvik Steinshamn Stemshaug Stordal Store Standal Stranda Straumgjerde Straumshamn Sunndalsøra Surnadalsøra Sylte, Fræna Sylte, Norddal Sylte, Surnadal Syvde Sølsnes Søvik Sæbø Sætre Tafjord Tennfjord Tingvollvågen Todalen Todalsøra Tomrefjord Tornes Torvikbukt Tresfjord Tusvik Tømmervåg Valle Valsøybotnen Valsøyfjord Varhaugvika Vatne Veblungsnes Veiholmen Verma Vestnes Vevang Vik Vikebukt Visnes Vistdal Volda Voll Vågstranda Øksendalsøra Øre Ørsta Åfarnes Åheim Ålvund Ålvundeidet Åram Årset Åsskard Former Municipalities Main article: list of former municipalities of Norway Bolsøy Borgund Brattvær Bremsnes Bud Dalsfjord Edøy Eid Eid og Voll Eide Eresfjord og Vistdal Frei Fræna Grip Grytten Halsa Haram Hen Hjørundfjord Hopen Hustad Kornstad Kvernes Midsund Nesset Norddal Rovde Sandøy Skodje Stangvik Stemshaug Stordal Straumsnes Sunnylven Syvde Sør-Aukra Tresfjord Tustna Valsøyfjord Vartdal Vatne Veøy Vigra Voll Øksendal Øre Ørskog Ålvundeid Åsskard See also Augustinius Neldal Lossius References ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). 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