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Eid og Voll

Eid og Voll herad
Former Municipality
Eid og Voll herad is located in Møre og Romsdal
Eid og Voll herad
Eid og Voll herad
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°32′00″N 07°26′00″E / 62.53333°N 7.43333°E / 62.53333; 7.43333Coordinates: 62°32′00″N 07°26′00″E / 62.53333°N 7.43333°E / 62.53333; 7.43333
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Romsdal
Area
 • Total 296 km2 (114 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
ISO 3166 code NO-1537
Created from Grytten in 1840
Split into Eid and Voll in 1873

Eid og Voll (historically: Voll og Eid) is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed most of the northwestern part of the present-day Rauma Municipality from 1840 until 1874. The municipality including the villages of Voll, Innfjorden, and Eidsbygda.

The municipality of Voll og Eid (English: Voll and Eid) was established on 1 January 1840 when it was split away from Grytten municipality. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 1,211. Soon after the municipality was created, talk of dividing it began. On 10 September 1862, the Torvik, Monsås, and Hagen farms in Grytten Municipality were transferred to Voll og Eid Municipality. In 1863, the name was switched to Eid og Voll. On 1 January 1874, Eid og Voll Municipality was divided to create two municipalities: Eid (population: 1,048) and Voll (population: 695). On 1 January 1964, these two municipalities were merged with the municipalities of Grytten, Hen, and part of Veøy to form the new Rauma Municipality.



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