Nesset Municipality
Nesset kommune | |
|---|---|
| Næsset herred (historic name) | |
 View of Vistdal in Nesset | |
 Flag | |
 Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
 Nesset within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°39′31″N 08°07′13″E / 62.65861°N 8.12028°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Romsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Molde Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Eidsvåg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007-2019) | Rolf Jonas Hurlen (H) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,046.07 km2 (403.89 sq mi) |
| • Land | 985.58 km2 (380.53 sq mi) |
| • Water | 60.49 km2 (23.36 sq mi) 5.8% |
| • Rank | #100 in Norway |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 2,946 |
| • Rank | #267 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.0/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −3.8% |
| Demonym | Nessetgjelding[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1543[3] |
Nesset is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal Peninsula. The administrative centre was the village of Eidsvåg. Other population centers included Rausand, Boggestranda, Myklebostad, Eresfjord, and Eikesdalen.
Mardalsfossen, one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, a popular tourist attraction during the tourist season, is located in Nesset, along the shores of the lake Eikesdalsvatnet.
At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the 1,046-square-kilometre (404 sq mi) municipality is the 100th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Nesset is the 267th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,946. The municipality's population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.8% over the last decade.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 June 2019.