Stranda Municipality
Stranda Municipality
Stranda kommune | |
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| Stranden herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Stranda | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Stranda within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°11′29″N 06°56′56″E / 62.19139°N 6.94889°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Stranda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Einar Arve Nordang (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 865.86 km2 (334.31 sq mi) |
| • Land | 844.63 km2 (326.11 sq mi) |
| • Water | 21.23 km2 (8.20 sq mi) 2.5% |
| • Rank | #134 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,775.6 m (5,825.5 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 4,348 |
| • Rank | #196 in Norway |
| • Density | 5/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −5.8% |
| Demonyms | Strandar Strander |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1525 |
| Website | Official website |
Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central village. The smaller villages are Hellesylt, Geiranger, and Liabygda. The central village, Stranda (same name as the municipality), has about 2,600 inhabitants. Stranda Municipality is known for tourist attractions such as Geirangerfjorden, Sunnylvsfjorden, and the ski area at Strandafjellet.
The 866-square-kilometre (334 sq mi) municipality is the 134th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Stranda Municipality is the 196th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,348. The municipality's population density is 5 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period.