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Volda

Volda kommune
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Volda kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Volda kommune
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Volda within Møre og Romsdal
Volda within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 06°00′51″E / 62.08778°N 6.01417°E / 62.08778; 6.01417Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 06°00′51″E / 62.08778°N 6.01417°E / 62.08778; 6.01417
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Administrative centre Volda
Government
 • Mayor (2011) Arild Iversen (KrF)
Area
 • Total 547.53 km2 (211.40 sq mi)
 • Land 524.89 km2 (202.66 sq mi)
 • Water 22.64 km2 (8.74 sq mi)
Area rank 194 in Norway
Population (2013)
 • Total 8,827
 • Rank 123 in Norway
 • Density 16.8/km2 (44/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 5.9 %
Demonym(s) Volding
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1519
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.volda.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. Other villages in the municipality include Dravlaus, Folkestad, Fyrde, Lauvstad, and Straumshamn. The municipality is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the city of Ålesund.

The municipality of Volden was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The original municipality was the same as the parish (prestegjeld) of Volden, including the sub-parishes of Ørsta and Dalsfjord. On 1 August 1883, the sub-parish of Ørsta was separated from Volden to form a new municipality of its own. This left Volden with 3,485 residents. On 1 January 1893, the Ytrestølen farm in Ørsta municipality (population: 13) was transferred to Volden municipality.

In 1918, the name was changed from Volden to Volda. On 1 July 1924, the sub-parish of Dalsfjord was separated from Volda to become a municipality of its own. This left Volda with 4,715 residents. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Dalsfjord and Volda were merged back together. The new Volda municipality had 7,207 residents.

The municipality is named after the Voldsfjorden (Old Norse: Vǫld). The name is probably derived from an old word meaning "wave". (Compare with the German: Welle which means "wave".) Before 1918, the name was written Volden.


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