Place:Midsund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

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NameMidsund
TypeMunicipality
Located inMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Contained Places
Former municipality
Sør-Aukra ( 1965 - present )
Vatne ( 1965 - present )
Island
Dryna ( 1965 - present )


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Midsund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre was the village of Midsund on Otrøya island. Other settlements on the island included Uglvik and Raknes in the north and Nord-Heggdal in the southeast.

The municipality consisted of many islands. The main islands were Otrøya, Midøya, and Dryna, as well as the smaller populated islands of Magerøya and Tautra—both are less than . There were also many tiny uninhabited islands and skerries. The islands all sit at the mouth of the great Romsdalsfjord.

At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the municipality is the 384th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Midsund is the 323rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,049. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 7.8% over the last decade.

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