Midsund

Midsund Municipality
Midsund kommune
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Midsund within Møre og Romsdal
Midsund within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°42′31″N 06°47′48″E / 62.70861°N 6.79667°E / 62.70861; 6.79667
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictRomsdal
Established1 Jan 1965
 • Preceded bySør-Aukra and Vatne
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byMolde Municipality
Administrative centreMidsund
Government
 • Mayor (2015-2019)Odd Helge Gangstad (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total94.65 km2 (36.54 sq mi)
 • Land93.89 km2 (36.25 sq mi)
 • Water0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi)  0.8%
 • Rank#384 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total2,049
 • Rank#323 in Norway
 • Density21.8/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +7.8%
DemonymsMidsunding
Midsundværing[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1545[3]

Midsund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre was the village of Midsund on Otrøya island. Other settlements on the island included Uglvik and Raknes in the north and Nord-Heggdal in the southeast.

The municipality consisted of many islands. The main islands were Otrøya, Midøya, and Dryna, as well as the smaller populated islands of Magerøya and Tautra—both are less than 1 square kilometre (250 acres). There were also many tiny uninhabited islands and skerries. The islands all sit at the mouth of the great Romsdalsfjord.

At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the 95-square-kilometre (37 sq mi) municipality is the 384th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Midsund is the 323rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,049. The municipality's population density is 21.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (56/sq mi) and its population has increased by 7.8% 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 17 June 2019.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 June 2019.