Stemshaug (municipality)

Stemshaug Municipality
Stemshaug herred
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Stemshaug within Møre og Romsdal
Stemshaug within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 63°19′36″N 8°42′19″E / 63.3267°N 8.7054°E / 63.3267; 8.7054
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictNordmøre
Established1 July 1914
 • Preceded byAure Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byAure Municipality
Administrative centreStemshaug
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total157 km2 (61 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total877
 • Density5.6/km2 (14/sq mi)
DemonymStemshauging[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1568[2]

Stemshaug is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 157-square-kilometre (61 sq mi) municipality existed from 1914 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality included the eastern part of the island of Skardsøya and the mainland to the east and south of there surrounding the Dromnessundet and Torsetsundet straits and the Årvågsfjorden. The Tjeldbergodden area on the mainland was also part of Stemshaug. The village of Stemshaug was the administrative centre of the municipality.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (19 October 2015). "Stemshaug – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 April 2019.