Place:Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

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NameVolda
Alt namesAustefjordsource: Family History Library Catalog
Voldensource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates62.15°N 6.083°E
Located inMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Contained Places
Former municipality
Dalsfjord ( 1964 - present )
Hornindal ( 2020 - )
Inhabited place
Bjørkedalen
Dalsbygda ( 1964 - present )
Dravlausbygda ( 1964 - present )
Folkestad
Follabygda
Fyrdsbygda
Hjartåbygda
Høydalen
Indre Dalsfjord ( 1964 - present )
Innselsetbygda ( 1964 - present )
Kalvassbygda
Kilsfjorden
Lidabygda
Morkabygda
Ulvestadbygda ( 1964 - present )
Velsvika ( 1964 - present )
Vikebygda
Årset
Parish
Dalsfjord
Uninhabited hamlet
Yksnøya
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. Other villages in the municipality include Dravlaus, Fyrde, Straumshamn, Leira, Bjørke, and Grodås. The municipality is located about south of the town of Ålesund.

The municipality is the 132nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Volda is the 107th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,473. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.9% over the previous 10-year period.

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About Volda

Volda is both the name of a municipality and a village. The village is situated on the eastern side of the Voldsfjord, near the north-eastern border of the municipality. The Voldsfjord splits into the Austefjord (meaning eastern fjord) to the south-east and the Dalsfjord (meaning valley fjord) to the south-west. The area around the latter constituted a separate municipality (Dalsfjord) from 1924 to 1964.

The village of Volda is the largest in the municipality, and a large portion of the 8.889 inhabitants (2013) lives in or around there. Several other smaller villages and farms are situated in the village, see left.

The municipality has strong cultural and academic traditions, and is the home of the oldest university college and the oldest high school in Norway outside of a major city.

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