Grytten Municipality
Grytten Municipality
Grytten herred | |
|---|---|
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Grytten within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°30′N 07°41′E / 62.500°N 7.683°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Romsdal |
| Established | 1 January 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 January 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Rauma Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Åndalsnes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1961-1963) | Alf Hanekamhaug (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 798.9 km2 (308.5 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #116 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,999 m (6,558 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 3,655 |
| • Rank | #245 in Norway |
| • Density | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.2% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1539 |
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Grytten is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 799-square-kilometre (308 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Rauma Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Åndalsnes.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 799-square-kilometre (308 sq mi) municipality was the 116th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Grytten Municipality was the 245th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,655. The municipality's population density was 4.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.