Volda Municipality
Volda Municipality
Volda kommune | |
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| Volden herred (historic name) | |
View of Volda and the Voldsfjorden | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Volda within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 06°00′51″E / 62.08778°N 6.01417°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Volda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Sølvi Dimmen (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 876.87 km2 (338.56 sq mi) |
| • Land | 833.63 km2 (321.87 sq mi) |
| • Water | 43.24 km2 (16.70 sq mi) 4.9% |
| • Rank | #132 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,700.32 m (5,578.48 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 11,093 |
| • Rank | #104 in Norway |
| • Density | 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +9.5% |
| Demonym | Volding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1577 |
| Website | Official website |
Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. Other villages in the municipality include Dravlaus, Fyrde, Straumshamn, Leira, Bjørke, and Grodås. The municipality is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the town of Ålesund.
The 877-square-kilometre (339 sq mi) municipality is the 132nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Volda Municipality is the 104th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,093. The municipality's population density is 12.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period.