Eide

Eide Municipality
Eide kommune
View of the village of Eide
View of the village of Eide
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Eide within Møre og Romsdal
Eide within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°55′41″N 07°22′25″E / 62.92806°N 7.37361°E / 62.92806; 7.37361
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictNordmøre
Established1 Jan 1897
 • Preceded byKvernes Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byHustadvika Municipality
Administrative centreEide
Government
 • Mayor (2015-2019)Egil Karstein Strand (H)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total152.09 km2 (58.72 sq mi)
 • Land145.69 km2 (56.25 sq mi)
 • Water6.40 km2 (2.47 sq mi)  4.2%
 • Rank#353 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total3,440
 • Rank#248 in Norway
 • Density23.6/km2 (61/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +2.3%
DemonymEidesokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1551[3]

Eide is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the region of Nordmøre. It was located on the Romsdal peninsula, along the Kornstadfjorden and the Kvernesfjorden. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Eide. Other villages included Lyngstad, Vevang, and Visnes.

The municipality was known for its traditional and modern limestone (marble) quarries and related crafts industry. The Atlanterhavsveien coastal road connected Eide Municipality to neighboring Averøy Municipality to the east. The municipal border lies at the Storseisundet Bridge on the Atlanterhavsveien road.

At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the 152-square-kilometre (59 sq mi) municipality is the 353rd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Eide is the 248th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,440. The municipality's population density is 23.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (61/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.3% over the last decade.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2019.