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Voll, Møre og Romsdal

Voll herad
Former Municipality
Voll herad is located in Møre og Romsdal
Voll herad
Voll herad
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°32′05″N 07°26′33″E / 62.53472°N 7.44250°E / 62.53472; 7.44250Coordinates: 62°32′05″N 07°26′33″E / 62.53472°N 7.44250°E / 62.53472; 7.44250
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Romsdal
Municipality ID NO-1523
Adm. Center Voll
Area
 • Total 260 km2 (100 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from Eid og Voll in 1874
Merged into Rauma in 1964

Voll is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1874 until 1964. The 260-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality encompassed the Måndalen and Innfjorden valleys west of the Romsdalsfjorden in the west-central part of the present-day Rauma Municipality. The administrative centre of the village was the village of Voll which is also where the main Voll Church is located.

The municipality of Voll was established on 1 January 1874 when the old municipality of Eid og Voll was divided into the municipalities of Eid and Voll. Voll had an initial population of 695. On 1 January 1965, Voll was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Eid, Grytten, Hen, and part of Veøy to form the new Rauma Municipality. Before the merger, Voll had a population of 1,163.



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