Stordal

Stordal Municipality
Stordal kommune
Stordalen herred  (historic name)
View of the Løsetstova in Stordal
View of the Løsetstova in Stordal
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Stordal within Møre og Romsdal
Stordal within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°23′24″N 07°06′38″E / 62.39000°N 7.11056°E / 62.39000; 7.11056
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1892
 • Preceded byStranda Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byØrskog Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1977
 • Preceded byØrskog Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byFjord Municipality
Administrative centreStordal
Government
 • Mayor (2015-2019)Eva Hove (H)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total247.07 km2 (95.39 sq mi)
 • Land243.63 km2 (94.07 sq mi)
 • Water3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi)  1.4%
 • Rank#306 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total972
 • Rank#396 in Norway
 • Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −0.7%
DemonymStordaling[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1526[3]

Stordal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It merged with Norddal municipality to establish the new Fjord municipality in 2020. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Stordal. The historic farm and museum of Ytste Skotet lies along the Storfjorden in the western part of the municipality. Most of the municipality lies on the eastern side of the fjord.

Stordal had relatively good agricultural land, and the main source of income is livestock. Stordal has also been home to furniture production and continues with the industry today.[4]

At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the 247-square-kilometre (95 sq mi) municipality is the 306th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Stordal is the 396th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 972. The municipality's population density is 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.7% over the last decade.[5][6]

  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. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Stordal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 August 2019.