Midsund Municipality
Midsund Municipality
Midsund kommune | |
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Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Midsund within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°42′31″N 06°47′48″E / 62.70861°N 6.79667°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Romsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Preceded by | Sør-Aukra Municipality and Vatne Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Molde Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Midsund |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2019) | Odd Helge Gangstad (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 94.65 km2 (36.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 93.89 km2 (36.25 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi) 0.8% |
| • Rank | #384 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 736.7 m (2,417.0 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 2,019 |
| • Rank | #325 in Norway |
| • Density | 21.3/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5% |
| Demonyms | Midsunding Midsundværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1545 |
Midsund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 95-square-kilometre (37 sq mi) municipality existed from 1965 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Molde Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Midsund on Otrøya island. Other settlements on the island included Uglvik and Raknes in the north and Nord-Heggdal in the southeast.
The municipality consisted of many islands. The main islands were Otrøya, Midøya, and Dryna, as well as the smaller populated islands of Magerøya and Tautra—both are less than 1 square kilometre (250 acres). There were also many tiny uninhabited islands and skerries. The islands all sit at the mouth of the great Romsdalsfjord.
At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the 95-square-kilometre (37 sq mi) municipality was the 384th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Midsund Municipality was the 325th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,019. The municipality's population density was 21.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (55/sq mi) and its population had increased by 5% over the previous 10-year period.