Nordmøre
Of these municipalities, three are located (mainly) on islands: Kristiansund, Averøy, and Smøla and the rest lie on the coast (including between, adjacent to, or at the end of, fjords): Tingvoll, Surnadal, Aure, Hustadvika, Sunndal, and Gjemnes; no municipalities are completely landlocked. Historically, Rindal Municipality was part of the county and region, but it was transferred to Trøndelag county on 1 January 2019 and Halsa Municipality was part of Nordmøre until 1 January 2020 when it became part of Heim Municipality in Trøndelag.
In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Nordmøre was a petty kingdom whose ruler was known as the Mørejarl (literally: "Møre-Earl"). Then, Nordmøre also included the municipalities north and west of Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag.
Gallery
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View of Nordmøre
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Satellite view of the region
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The Batnfjorden fjord
See also
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Nordmøre" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- ^ Munch, Peter Andreas (1849). Historisk-geographisk beskrivelse over kongeriget Norge (Noregsveldi) i middelalderen. W. Gram. p. 6. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
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