Vigra

Vigra Municipality
Vigra herred
Roald herred  (historic name)
View of Vigra island
View of Vigra island
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Vigra within Møre og Romsdal
Vigra within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°33′28″N 06°04′42″E / 62.55778°N 6.07833°E / 62.55778; 6.07833
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1890
 • Preceded byHaram Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byGiske Municipality
Administrative centreRoald
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,569
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
DemonymVigring[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1533[2]

Vigra is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway. The 20-square-kilometre (7.7 sq mi) municipality existed from 1890 until its dissolution in 1964 when it was merged into the present-day Giske Municipality. The former municipality was made up of the island of Vigra along with many smaller islets surrounding it. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Roald, and Vigra Church was the main church for 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. (22 February 2017). "Vigra - kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 August 2019.