Rovde

Rovde Municipality
Rovde herred
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Rovde within Møre og Romsdal
Rovde within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°10′30″N 05°44′17″E / 62.17500°N 5.73806°E / 62.17500; 5.73806
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1905
 • Preceded bySande Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVanylven and Sande
Administrative centreRovdane
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total53 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total998
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1513[1]

Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 53-square-kilometre (20 sq mi) municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the island of Gurskøya is currently part of Sande Municipality and the southern area is part of Vanylven Municipality. Rovde Church was the main church for the municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Rovdane.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (11 September 2015). "Rovde". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 August 2019.