Municipality ID NO-1553 Merged into Averøy in 1964 | Adm. Center Kvernes Area 36 km² | |
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Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 Weather 3°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 54% Humidity | ||
Olsok gamle kvernes bygdemuseum
Kvernes is a village (and former municipality) in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Kvernes is located in the present-day Averøy Municipality on the east coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kvernesfjorden. There are two churches in Kvernes village: Kvernes Stave Church (built in the 14th century) and the Kvernes Church (built in the 19th century). The stave church is now a museum.
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Kvernes was a municipality from 1838 until 1964, encompassing the whole island of Averøya, part of the Romsdal peninsula, and part of the island of Frei. Over time it gradually got smaller until 1964, when the 36-square-kilometre (14 sq mi) municipality was merged into Averøy.
History
The municipality of Kværnes was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality initially had a population of about 3,754. On 1 January 1878, a small area in the western part of Bud Municipality (population: 15) was transferred to Kvernes. Then again on 1 January 1891, the Bollien farm (population: 15) was transferred from Bud to Kvernes. On 1 September 1893, parts of Kvernes Municipality (population: 477) along with parts of Frei Municipality and Øre Municipality were used to create the new Gjemnes Municipality.
On 1 January 1897, the large municipality of Kvernes was divided into four areas to create the municipalities of Eide, Kornstad, Bremsnes, and (a much smaller) Kvernes. The remaining part of Kvernes had a population of 857. On 8 July 1903, an uninhabited area of Bremsnes was transferred over to Kvernes. On 1 January 1964, Kvernes was merged with most of Kornstad and Bremsnes municipalities to create the new Averøy Municipality. Prior to the merger, Kvernes had a population of 693.