Adm. Center Åndalsnes Area 797 km² | Region Western Norway District Romsdal Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) | |
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Grytten is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the Romsdalen valley which follows the Rauma River from the Oppland county border to Romsdal Fjord at the town of Åndalsnes, as well as some smaller side valleys. The original municipality of Grytten was almost identical to the present-day Rauma Municipality, plus the southern part of Veøy Municipality (south of the Langfjorden). When Grytten ceased to exist in 1964, it had an overall area of 797 square kilometres (308 sq mi).
History
Grytten was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1840, the northwestern part of Grytten was separated to form the new municipality of Voll og Eid. Then on 1 January 1902, the northeastern part of Grytten was separated to form the new municipality of Hen. The last split left Grytten with had a population of 1,728. On 1 January 1964, Grytten was merged with the municipalities of Eid, Hen, Voll, and part of Veøy to form the new Rauma Municipality. Prior to the merger, Grytten had a population of 3,683.