Stranda

Stranda Municipality
Stranda kommune
Stranden herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Stranda
View of the village of Stranda
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Stranda within Møre og Romsdal
Stranda within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°11′29″N 06°56′56″E / 62.19139°N 6.94889°E / 62.19139; 6.94889
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreStranda
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Einar Arve Nordang (H)
Area
 • Total865.87 km2 (334.31 sq mi)
 • Land844.64 km2 (326.12 sq mi)
 • Water21.23 km2 (8.20 sq mi)  2.5%
 • Rank#134 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total4,421
 • Rank#194 in Norway
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −4.1%
DemonymsStrandar
Strander[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1525[3]
WebsiteOfficial 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 [no; nn; da].

The 866-square-kilometre (334 sq mi) municipality is the 134th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stranda is the 194th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,421. The municipality's population density is 5.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.1% over the previous 10-year period.[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. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).