Surnadal

Surnadal kommune

Municipality

Coat of arms

Møre og Romsdal within
Norway

Surnadal within Møre og Romsdal

Coordinates: 62°56′51″N 08°46′12″E / 62.94750°N 8.77000°ECoordinates: 62°56′51″N 08°46′12″E / 62.94750°N 8.77000°E

Country

Administrative centre

Skei

Government

• Mayor (1960)

Per Ingar Aarnes (EL)

Area

• Total

1,365.41 km² (527.19 sq mi)

• Land

1,314.22 km² (507.42 sq mi)

• Water

51.19 km² (19.76 sq mi)

Area rank

64 in Norway

Population (2013)

• Total

5,927

• Rank

161 in Norway

• Density

4.5/km² (12/sq mi)

• Change (10 years)

-4.5 %

Demonym(s)

Surndaling

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

ISO 3166 code

NO-1566

Official language form

Nynorsk

Website

www.surnadal.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Surnadal is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Glærem, Mo, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, Todalsøra, and Åsskard.

A mild climate and rich soil make Surnadal well suited for agriculture. The local economy is based on agriculture, forestry and industrial production, in addition to services.

The parish of Surnadal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1858, the eastern district (population: 2,684) was separated from Surnadal to form the new Rindal Municipality. This left Surnadal with 3,105 residents. On 1 January 1877, part of Stangvik (population: 50) was transferred to Surnadal. In 1879, part of Surnadal (population: 83) was transferred to Stangvik. On 1 January 1886, the Møklegjerdet farm (population: 29), just west of Glærem, was transferred from Stangvik to Surnadal. On 1 January 1897, the Sjøflot farm (population: 27) was also transferred from Stangvik to Surnadal. On 1 January 1965, the whole municipality of Åsskard and most of the municipality of Stangvik were merged into Surnadal. The newly enlarged municipality had a population of 5,934.

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