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Nesset municipality

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former municipality in Møre og Romsdal fylke in Norway

Key facts

Country
Norway
County
Møre og Romsdal
District
Romsdal
Established
1 Jan 1838
Created as
Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished
1 Jan 2020
Succeeded by
Molde Municipality
Administrative centre
Eidsvåg
Mayor 2007 2019
Rolf Jonas Hurlen ( H )
Total
1,046.07 km (403.89 sq mi)
Land
985.58 km (380.53 sq mi)
Water
60.49 km (23.36 sq mi) 5.8%
Rank
# 100 in Norway
Highest elevation
1,964.4 m (6,445 ft)
Density
2.8/km (7.3/sq mi)
Change 10 years
−3.9%
Demonym
Nessetgjelding
Norwegian form
Nynorsk

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Molde kommune

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Encyclopedic overview

Nesset is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 1,046-square-kilometre (404 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Molde Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Eidsvåg. Other population centers included Raudsand, Boggestranda, Myklebostad, Eresfjord, and Eikesdalen.

Mardalsfossen, one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, a popular tourist attraction during the tourist season, is located in Nesset, along the shores of the lake Eikesdalsvatnet.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nesset municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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