Tresfjord Municipality
Tresfjord Municipality
Tresfjord herad | |
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| Sylte herred (historic name) | |
View of the Tresfjorden area | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Tresfjord within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°31′14″N 07°07′23″E / 62.52056°N 7.12306°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Romsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1899 |
| • Preceded by | Vestnes Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Vestnes Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tresfjord |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1959–1963) | Peder B. Hjelvik (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 193.3 km2 (74.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #378 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,467.83 m (4,815.72 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,341 |
| • Rank | #559 in Norway |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +1.1% |
| Demonym | Tresfjording |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1536 |
Tresfjord is former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed about 193.3 square kilometres (74.6 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.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 193.3-square-kilometre (74.6 sq mi) municipality was the 378th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Tresfjord Municipality was the 559th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,341. The municipality's population density was 6.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population had increased by 1.1% over the previous 10-year period.