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Sunndal Municipality

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municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Key facts

Country
Norway
County
Møre og Romsdal
District
Nordmøre
Established
1 Jan 1838
Created as
Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre
Sunndalsøra
Mayor 2009
Ståle Refstie ( Ap )
Total
1,713.37 km (661.54 sq mi)
Land
1,647.76 km (636.20 sq mi)
Water
65.61 km (25.33 sq mi) 3.8%
Rank
# 47 in Norway
Highest elevation
1,984.79 m (6,511.8 ft)
Density
4.2/km (11/sq mi)
Change 10 years
+0.8%
Demonym
Sunndaling
Norwegian form
Neutral
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Encyclopedic overview

Sunndal is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Gjøra, Grøa, Holssanden, Jordalsgrenda, Romfo, Ålvund, Ålvundeidet, and Øksendal. With an area of 1,713 square kilometres (661 sq mi), it is the largest municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The important occupations in Sunndal include industry (with Hydro Aluminium Sunndal as the biggest employer), public services, retail, and farming.

The 1,713-square-kilometre (661 sq mi) municipality is the 47th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway and it is the largest by area in Møre og Romsdal county. Sunndal Municipality is the 141st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,227. The municipality's population density is 4.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (11/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.8% over the previous 10-year period.

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

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