Brattvær herad | |
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Former Municipality | |
Location in Møre og Romsdal | |
Coordinates: 63°24′23″N 07°48′19″E / 63.40639°N 7.80528°ECoordinates: 63°24′23″N 07°48′19″E / 63.40639°N 7.80528°E | |
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.
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.