Tresfjord

Tresfjord Municipality
Tresfjord herad
Sylte herred  (historic name)
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Tresfjord within Møre og Romsdal
Tresfjord within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°31′14″N 07°07′23″E / 62.52056°N 7.12306°E / 62.52056; 7.12306
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictRomsdal
Established1 Jan 1899
 • Preceded byVestnes Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVestnes Municipality
Administrative centreTresfjord
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total200 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,319
 • Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1536[1]

Tresfjord is former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed about 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi) in the southern part of the present-day Vestnes Municipality. The municipality included the Skorgedalen valley and the area surrounding both sides of the southern half of the Tresfjorden. The village of Tresfjord was the administrative centre of the municipality, and it was the location of Tresfjord Church, the main church for the municipality.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Tresfjord kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 June 2013.