Vartdal

Vartdal Municipality
Vartdal herred
Vartdalsstranden herred  (historic name)
View of Sætre in Vartdal
View of Sætre in Vartdal
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Vartdal within Møre og Romsdal
Vartdal within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°18′01″N 06°04′59″E / 62.30028°N 6.08306°E / 62.30028; 6.08306
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1895
 • Preceded byUlstein Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byØrsta Municipality
Administrative centreSætre
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total125 km2 (48 sq mi)
DemonymVartdaling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1521[2]

Vartdal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1895 until its dissolution in 1965. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) area now sits in the northwestern part of the Ørsta municipality, along the Vartdalsfjorden. The administrative centre was the village Sætre, which is also known as Vartdal. Other villages in the municipality were Flåskjer and Nordre Vartdal. The main church for Vartdal was Vartdal Church, located in the village of Nordre Vartdal.[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. (14 September 2015). "Vartdal - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 August 2019.