Hen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The municipality encompassed the valleys around the village of Isfjorden in the northeastern part of the present-day municipality of Rauma

Rauma, Norway

Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Åndalsnes. Other villages include Vågstranda, Voll, Innfjorden, Veblungsnes, Verma, Isfjorden, Eidsbygda, Rødven, Åfarnes, and Mittet...

. Hen is still a parish

Prestegjeld

A Prestegjeld is a geographic and administrative area of the Church of Norway roughly equivalent to a parish. A prestegjeld can consist of one or many congregations...

 within the municipality of Rauma.

The mountains Kyrkjetaket

Kyrkjetaket

Kyrkjetaket or Kirketaket is a mountain on the border of the municipalities of Rauma and Nesset in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The peak is located in Rauma, about northeast of the village of Isfjorden and from Åndalsnes...

 and Gjuratinden are both located in Hen.

History

The municipality of Hen was established on 1 January 1902 when it was split off from the municipality of Grytten

Grytten

Grytten is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the Romsdal valley which follows the Rauma River from the Oppland county border to the Romsdalsfjord at Åndalsnes, as well as some smaller side valleys. The original municipality of Grytten was almost...

. Hen had an initial population of 1,128. On 1 January 1964, Hen was merged together with Eid

Eid, Møre og Romsdal

Eid is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Rauma. The main village in the area is Eidsbygda.-History:...

, Grytten

Grytten

Grytten is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the Romsdal valley which follows the Rauma River from the Oppland county border to the Romsdalsfjord at Åndalsnes, as well as some smaller side valleys. The original municipality of Grytten was almost...

, Voll

Voll, Møre og Romsdal

Voll is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed the Måndalen and Innfjorden valleys in the western part of the present-day municipality of Rauma....

, and part of Veøy

Veøy

Veøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It initially consisted of Vestnes, as well as the southern part of Molde and the northern part of Rauma. Vestnes was demerged in 1838, later the same year the municipality was established. From 1964, the municipality was split between Molde...

 to form the new municipality of Rauma

Rauma, Norway

Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Åndalsnes. Other villages include Vågstranda, Voll, Innfjorden, Veblungsnes, Verma, Isfjorden, Eidsbygda, Rødven, Åfarnes, and Mittet...

. Prior to the merger, Hen had a population of 1,663.