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Coat of arms of Kristiansund

Kristiansund kommune
Municipality
Kristiansund
Kristiansund
Coat of arms of Kristiansund kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Kristiansund kommune
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Kristiansund within Møre og Romsdal
Kristiansund within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 63°06′37″N 07°43′40″E / 63.11028°N 7.72778°E / 63.11028; 7.72778Coordinates: 63°06′37″N 07°43′40″E / 63.11028°N 7.72778°E / 63.11028; 7.72778
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Administrative centre Kristiansund
Government
 • Mayor (2015) Kjell Neergaard (Ap)
Area
 • Total 87.54 km2 (33.80 sq mi)
 • Land 86.28 km2 (33.31 sq mi)
 • Water 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Area rank 426 in Norway
Population (2012)
 • Total 24,131
 • Rank 58 in Norway
 • Density 279.7/km2 (724/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) +41.0 %
Demonym(s) Kristiansunder
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1505
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.kristiansund.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Kristiansund [kristjɑnˈsʉnː]  (listen) (historically Christianssund) is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund. Other settlements in the municipality include the villages of Kvalvåg, Rensvik, and Nedre Frei.

The city of Kristiansund is the largest settlement in the municipality. The 7.91-square-kilometre (1,950-acre) city has a population (2013) of 18,002 which gives the city a population density of 2,276 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,890/sq mi).

The parish of Christianssund was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1897, the Grip archipelago was separated from Kristiansund Municipality to become a separate municipality. On 1 January 1964, Kristiansund Municipality was merged with the tiny Grip Municipality (population: 104) to the northwest and the Dale area of Bremsnes Municipality on Nordlandet island (population: 963). The neighboring Frei Municipality was merged with Kristiansund on 1 January 2008 creating a much larger Kristiansund Municipality.


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