Stangvik Municipality
Stangvik Municipality
Stangvik herred | |
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| Stangvig herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Stangvik (early 1900s) | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Stangvik within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°55′10″N 08°28′05″E / 62.91944°N 8.46806°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Nordmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Surnadal Municipality and Sunndal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Stangvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1963–1964) | Ola Torhus (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 510.99 km2 (197.29 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #203 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,622 m (5,322 ft) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 1,947 |
| • Rank | #400 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −16.1% |
| Demonym | Stangvikgjelding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1564 |
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Stangvik is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 511-square-kilometre (197 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality of Stangvik (historically spelled Stangvig) encompassed much of the area surrounding the Trongfjorden and the smaller fjords that branch off of it such as the Ålvundfjorden, Stangvikfjorden, and Todalsfjorden. The municipality was mostly located in what is now Surnadal Municipality and also small portions of what is now Sunndal Municipality and Tingvoll Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Stangvik where Stangvik Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 511-square-kilometre (197 sq mi) municipality was the 203rd largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Stangvik Municipality was the 400th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,947. The municipality's population density was 3.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 16.1% over the previous 10-year period.