Municipality ID NO-1540 Created from Stangvik in 1895 Area 151 km² | Adm. Center Åsskard Merged into Surnadal in 1965 Local time Sunday 1:40 AM | |
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Åsskard is a village and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Åsskard is located at the innermost part of the Åsskardfjorden in the western part of Surnadal Municipality, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of the village of Sylte. The village is the site of Åsskard Church.
The former municipality of Åsskard (historically spelled Aasgaard) included the area around the Åsskardfjorden, north of the Hamnesfjorden, and east of the Trongfjorden.
History
The municipality of Aasgaard was established on 1 May 1895 when it was separated from Stangvik. It had an initial population of 629. On 1 July 1915 a southern district of Halsa Municipality (population: 114) was transferred to Aasgaard. The spelling was later changed to Åsskard. On 1 January 1965, Åsskard was incorporated into the neighboring Surnadal Municipality to the south. Before the merger, Åsskard had a population of 1,014.