Hjørundfjord
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This article is about the district. For the fjord, see Hjørundfjorden.
Hjørundfjord is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was Sæbø.
It was created as Hjørundfjord formannskapsdistrikt in 1837.
On 1 January 1964 Hjørundfjord was incorporated into its neighboring municipality to the west, Ørsta. Prior to the merger Hjørundfjord had a population of 1,728.[1]
Notable citizens include Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, mayor for thirty years and member of the national parliament for twenty years.
[edit] References
- ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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