Norddal Municipality
Norddal Municipality
Norddal kommune | |
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| Norddalen herred (historic name) | |
View of Eidsdal | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Norddal within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°17′32″N 07°26′18″E / 62.29222°N 7.43833°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Fjord Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sylte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2019) | Arne Sandnes (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 943.51 km2 (364.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 900.43 km2 (347.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 43.08 km2 (16.63 sq mi) 4.6% |
| • Rank | #116 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,999.2 m (6,559.1 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,645 |
| • Rank | #345 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.7/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −7% |
| Demonym | Norddaling |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1524 |
Norddal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 943.5-square-kilometre (364.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Fjord Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The administrative centre was the village of Sylte (also known as Valldal) in the Valldalen valley.
Norddal Municipality was the easternmost part of the Sunnmøre region along the border with Oppland county. Norddal covered an area with several distinct valleys and villages: Eidsdal and Norddal (Dalsbygda) in the south; Tafjord in the east; and Fjørå/Selboskarbygda and Sylte in the Valldalen valley in the north. Norwegian County Road 63 traverses the municipality from south to north, going through several tunnels in the mountains including the Stordal Tunnel. The Heggur Tunnel connects the isolated village of Tafjord with the rest of the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 943.5-square-kilometre (364.3 sq mi) municipality was the 116th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Norddal Municipality was the 345th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,645. The municipality's population density was 1.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.4/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 7% over the previous 10-year period.