Municipality ID NO-1564 Merged into Surnadal in 1965 Local time Saturday 10:43 PM | Adm. Center Stangvik Area 437 km² | |
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Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 77% Humidity | ||
Stangvik is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Stangvikfjorden in the present-day Surnadal Municipality, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the villages of Surnadalsøra and Skei. The village is home to Stangvik Church.
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Map of 6642 Stangvik, Norway
The former municipality of Stangvik (historically spelled Stangvig) encompassed much of the area surrounding the Trongfjorden and the smaller fjords that branch off of it.
History
The municipality of Stangvig was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1865 census, the municipality had a population of 2,619. On 1 January 1874, a part of Stangvik (population: 61) was moved to neighboring Tingvoll Municipality. Then on 1 January 1877, another part of Stangvik (population: 50) was moved to Surnadal Municipality. In 1879, parts of Surnadal (population: 83) and Halsa Municipality (population: 279) were moved to Stangvik. On 1 January 1886, the Møklegjerdet farm (population: 29), just west of Glærem, was transferred from Stangvik to Surnadal. On 1 January 1897, the Sjøflot farm (population: 27), also just west of Glærem, was transferred from Stangvik to Surnadal.
On 1 May 1895, the area around the Åsskardfjorden and the Hamnesfjorden in the northern part of Stangvik was split off from Stangvik to constitute the new municipality of Aasgaard, leaving Stangvik with 2,354 inhabitants. On 1 January 1965 the municipality of Stangvik ceased to exist. The district around Ålvund and the Ålvundfjorden (population: 508) was moved to Sunndal Municipality, the district of Åsprong–Sandnes (population: 26) was moved to Tingvoll Municipality, and the rest of Stangvik (population: 1,386), along with Åsskard, was merged into Surnadal.