Brattvær

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Brattvær herred
Former municipality
View of the local church
View of the local church
Official logo of Brattvær herred
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Brattvær within Møre og Romsdal
Brattvær within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 63°24′23″N 07°48′19″E / 63.40639°N 7.80528°E / 63.40639; 7.80528Coordinates: 63°24′23″N 07°48′19″E / 63.40639°N 7.80528°E / 63.40639; 7.80528
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictNordmøre
Established1 Jan 1915
Disestablished1 Jan 1960
Area
 • Total73 km2 (28 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1960)
 • Total1,361
 • Density19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Demonym(s)brattværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1574
Preceded byEdøy
Succeeded bySmøla
Data from Statistics Norway

Brattvær is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 73-square-kilometre (28 sq mi) municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located on the northwestern part of the island of Smøla in the present-day municipality of Smøla. It included the area surrounding the villages of Råket and Dyrnes as well as the surrounding islets. The Brattvær Church was the main church of the municipality.[2]

History[]

The municipality of Brattvær was established on 1 January 1915 when the large municipality of Edøy was split into three to form the new municipalities of Edøy (population: 973), Brattvær (population: 1,462), and Hopen (population: 1,050). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities of Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen as the new municipality of Smøla. Before the merger, Brattvær had a population of 1,361.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-12-13). "Brattvær – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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