Skodje

Skodje Municipality
Skodje kommune
Skoue herred  (historic name)
View of the Skodje bridges
View of the Skodje bridges
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Skodje within Møre og Romsdal
Skodje within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°30′58″N 06°41′59″E / 62.51611°N 6.69972°E / 62.51611; 6.69972
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1849
 • Preceded byBorgund Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byØrskog Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1977
 • Preceded byØrskog Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byÅlesund Municipality
Administrative centreSkodje
Government
 • Mayor (2015-2019)Dag Olav Tennfjord (H)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total120.03 km2 (46.34 sq mi)
 • Land110.74 km2 (42.76 sq mi)
 • Water9.29 km2 (3.59 sq mi)  7.7%
 • Rank#365 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total4,680
 • Rank#211 in Norway
 • Density42.3/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +24.8%
DemonymsSkodjebygdar
Skodjebygder[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1529[3]

Skodje (pronounced [skɔʏə] or [skøʏə]) is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Skodje. The other main village in the municipality was Valle.

The European Route E39/E136 highway runs through the municipality, connecting it to the nearby cities of Ålesund and Molde.

At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the 120-square-kilometre (46 sq mi) municipality is the 365th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Skodje is the 211th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,680. The municipality's population density is 42.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (110/sq mi) and its population has increased by 24.8% 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 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 August 2019.