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Møre og Romsdal fylke
—  County  —
Coat of arms of Møre og Romsdal fylke
Coat of arms
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
Region Vestlandet
County ID NO-15
Official language form Nynorsk[1]
Demonym Møringer or Romsdøler 1
Administrative centre Molde
Government
 - Governor Ottar Befring
  Arbeiderpartiet
  (since 2002)
 - County Mayor Olav Bratland
  Høyre
  (since 2007)
Area (#11 in Norway, 4.79% of Norway's land area)
 - Total 15,121 km² (5,838.3 sq mi)
 - Land 14,590 km² (5,633.2 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 - Total 247,933
 - Density 16.2/km² (42/sq mi)
 - Change (10 years) 2.0 %
 - Rank in Norway 8 (5.24% of nation)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Income (per capita) 139,200 NOK
GDP (per capita) 243,412 NOK (2001)
National Rank: 6 (3.89% of nation)
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.mrfylke.no

Møre og Romsdal (help·info) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.

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History

Ragnvald Eysteinsson, earl of Møre until 890, might be the father of Rollo of Normandy.

The name Møre og Romsdal was created in 1936. The first element refers to the districts of Nordmøre and Sunnmøre, and the last element refers to Romsdal. Until 1919, the county was called "Romsdal amt", and from 1919-1935 "Møre fylke".

The coat-of-arms is from 1978. It shows three Viking ships (where the masts and the yards creates three crosses). The number of three represents the three districts of the county: Sunnmøre, Romsdal and Nordmøre.

Geography

Traditionally, the county has been divided into three districts. From north to south, these are Nordmøre, Romsdal and Sunnmøre. Although the districts do not have separate governments and despite of modern road, sea and air connections throughout the county, the three districts still have their own identities in many ways. Historically speaking, connections have been stronger between Nordmøre and Sør-Trøndelag to the north, Romsdal and Oppland to the east, and Sunnmøre and Sogn og Fjordane to the south, than internally. Differences in dialects between the three districts bear clear evidence of this. Due to geographical features—the county has many populated islands and is intersected by several deep fjords. Due to its difficult terrain, Møre og Romsdal has been very dependent on boat traffic, and its main car ferry company, MRF, has existed since 1921.

Settlements

Møre og Romsdal has six settlements with city status, of which the largest three received it before municipalities were allowed to grant city status, inflating the number of cities, in 1993. The county contains multiple additional urban settlements (as defined by Statistics Norway) without city status, every municipality except for Halsa and Smøla containing at least one. As of 1 January 2007, 166,374 people lived in an urban settlement.2 The population density is highest near the coast, where all the cities except for Åndalsnes are located.

The largest city in the county is Ålesund, with a population of 41,385 in the municipality and 45,299 in the agglomeration which it forms together with parts of Sula. The second and third largest cities are Molde, with a population of 24,254 in the municipality and 18,631 in the urban area, and Kristiansund with 22,522 in the municipality and 16,820 in the urban area as of 2007.

Infrastructure

Møre og Romsdal is served by nine airports, of which only the airports located near the three largest cities as well as Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden have regular domestic flights. The largest airport in the county is Ålesund Airport, Vigra, which offers the only scheduled international routes from any airport in Møre og Romsdal. Ålesund Airport had 732,614 passengers in 2006. Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget had 364,350 passengers in 2007, while Molde Airport, Årø had 401,292, down from 444,677 in 2006. Ørsta-Volda airport had 49,842 passengers in 2006. None of the airports in Møre og Romsdal offer regular flights to each other.3

In 2007, Møre og Romsdal had 6339 kilometres of public roads, an increase of 5 km since the previous year, as well as 4258 kilometres of private roads, 7 km more than in 2006.4

Municipalities

Location of Møre og Romsdal Municipalities

Møre og Romsdal has a total of 36 municipalities:

  1. Ålesund
  2. Aukra
  3. Aure
  4. Averøy
  5. Eide
  6. Fræna
  7. (Frei -merged with Kristiansund 1 January 2008)
  8. Giske
  9. Gjemnes
  10. Halsa
  11. Haram
  12. Hareid
  13. Herøy
  14. Kristiansund
  15. Midsund
  16. Molde
  17. Nesset
  18. Norddal
  19. Ørskog
  1. Ørsta
  2. Rauma
  3. Rindal
  4. Sande
  5. Sandøy
  6. Skodje
  7. Smøla
  8. Stordal
  9. Stranda
  10. Sula
  11. Sunndal
  12. Surnadal
  13. Sykkylven
  14. Tingvoll
  15. (Tustna - merged with Aure 1 January 2006)
  16. Ulstein
  17. Vanylven
  18. Vestnes
  19. Volda

References

  1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg". Språkrådet. (Norwegian)
  2. ^ "2 Population and area in urban settlements. Municipality. 1 January 2007" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway (2007). Retrieved on 10 June, 2008.
  3. ^ Avinor.no
  4. ^ "Statistikkbanken" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway (2007). Retrieved on 11 June, 2008.

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