Brattvær

Brattvær herad
Former Municipality
Brattvær

Location in Møre og Romsdal

Coordinates: 63°24′23″N 07°48′19″E / 63.40639°N 7.80528°E / 63.40639; 7.80528Coordinates: 63°24′23″N 07°48′19″E / 63.40639°N 7.80528°E / 63.40639; 7.80528
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
ISO 3166 code NO-1574
Created from Edøy in 1915
Merged into Smøla in 1960

Brattvær is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was located on the western part of the island of Smøla in the present-day municipality of Smøla. It included the area near Råket and Dyrnes. The Brattvær Church was the main church of the municipality.[1]

History

The municipality of Brattvær was established on 1 January 1915 when the large municipality of Edøy was split into three to form the new municipalities of Edøy, Brattvær, and Hopen. Initially, Brattvær had a population of 973. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities of Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen under the new name of Smøla. Before the merger, Brattvær had a population of 1,361.[2]

References

  1. Store norske leksikon. "Brattvær" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.


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