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Nesset Municipality

Nesset kommune
Municipality
Vistdal-Nesset.jpg
Coat of arms of Nesset kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Nesset kommune
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Nesset within Møre og Romsdal
Nesset within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°39′31″N 8°7′13″E / 62.65861°N 8.12028°E / 62.65861; 8.12028Coordinates: 62°39′31″N 8°7′13″E / 62.65861°N 8.12028°E / 62.65861; 8.12028
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Romsdal
Administrative centre Eidsvåg
Government
 • Mayor (2007) Rolf Jonas Hurlen (H)
Area
 • Total 1,046.32 km2 (403.99 sq mi)
 • Land 985.87 km2 (380.65 sq mi)
 • Water 60.45 km2 (23.34 sq mi)
Area rank 98 in Norway
Population (2010)
 • Total 3,074
 • Rank 261 in Norway
 • Density 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -6.5 %
Demonym(s) Nessetgjelding
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1543
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.nesset.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Nesset is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal Peninsula. The administrative centre is the village of Eidsvåg. Other population centers include Rausand, Boggestranda, Myklebostad, Eresfjord, and Eikesdalen.

Mardalsfossen, one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, a popular tourist attraction during the tourist season, is located in Nesset, along the shores of the lake Eikesdalsvatnet.

The parish of Nesset was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1890, all of Nesset south of the Langfjorden was separated to form the new municipality of Eresfjord og Vistdal. This split left Nesset with 1,706 residents. On 1 January 1877, the Sotnakken farm on the Romsdal peninsula (population: 19) was transferred from Nesset to neighboring Bolsøy municipality. Also on that date, the Tiltereidet and Meisalstranda areas (population: 212) of Tingvoll Municipality, along the west coast of the Tingvollfjorden, were transferred to Nesset Municipality. On 1 January 1890, the Bersås, Nævergjeld, Rausandhaugen, and Rausand area (population: 101) was transferred from Tingvoll Municipality (along the Tingvollfjorden) to Nesset Municipality. Then on 1 January 1964, Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality was merged back into Nesset Municipality. Prior to the merger, Nesset had 2,360 residents.


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