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Sunndal Municipality
Sunndal kommune | |
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| Sunndalen herred (historic name) | |
 View of the Øksendal valley | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
 Sunndal within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°36′46″N 08°38′03″E / 62.61278°N 8.63417°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Nordmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Sunndalsøra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2009) | Ståle Refstie (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,713.37 km2 (661.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,647.76 km2 (636.20 sq mi) |
| • Water | 65.61 km2 (25.33 sq mi) 3.8% |
| • Rank | #47 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,984.79 m (6,511.78 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 7,227 |
| • Rank | #143 in Norway |
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +0.8% |
| Demonym | Sunndaling[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1563[4] |
| Website | Official website |
ⓘ is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Gjøra, Grøa, Holssanden, Jordalsgrenda, Romfo, Ålvund, Ålvundeidet, and Øksendal. With an area of 1,713 square kilometres (661 sq mi), it is the largest municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The important occupations in Sunndal include industry (with Hydro Aluminium Sunndal as the biggest employer), public services, retail, and farming.
The 1,713-square-kilometre (661 sq mi) municipality is the 47th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway and it is the largest by area in Møre og Romsdal county. Sunndal Municipality is the 141st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,227. The municipality's population density is 4.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (11/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.8% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
- ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).