Brattvær is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 73-square-kilometre (28 sq mi) municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located on the northwestern part of the island of Smøla in the present-day municipality of Smøla. It included the area surrounding the villages of Råket and Dyrnes as well as the surrounding islets. The Brattvær Church was the main church of the municipality.[2]

Brattvær herred
Former municipality
View of the local church
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Brattvær within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 63°24′23″N 07°48′19″E
Country	Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Nordmøre
Established	1 Jan 1915
• Preceded by	Edøy Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1960
• Succeeded by	Smøla Municipality
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	73 km2 (28 sq mi)
Population  (1960)
• Total	1,361
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Brattværing[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1574
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Brattvær was established on 1 January 1915 when the large municipality of Edøy was split into three to form the new municipalities of Edøy (population: 973), Brattvær (population: 1,462), and Hopen (population: 1,050). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities of Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen as the new municipality of Smøla. Before the merger, Brattvær had a population of 1,361.[3]

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References