Rovdane is a village in the municipality of Vanylven

Vanylven

Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is Fiskåbygd. Other villages include Syvde, Rovdane, and Myklebost.-General information:...

 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...

. It is located along the Rovdefjorden, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Myklebost

Myklebost, Vanylven

Myklebost is a village in the Syvde area of the municipality of Vanylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Syvdsfjorden about east of the municipal center of Fiskåbygd and south of Rovdane. The village has a population of 428....

, 27 kilometres (16.8 mi) northeast of the municipal center of Fiskåbygd

Fiskåbygd

Fiskåbygd is a coastal village that is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Vanylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located southwest of Ålesund, east of Myklebust, and southwest of Rovdane. The village lies along the shores of the Vanylvsfjorden, east of...

, and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) west of the village of Volda

Volda

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. The municipality is located about south of the city of Ålesund.-General information:...

. The district around Rovdane is referred to Rovdestranda.

History

Since 1838, Rovdane was administratively a part of the municipality of Herøy

Herøy, Møre og Romsdal

Herøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the town of Fosnavåg on the island of Bergsøya. The industrial area of Eggesbønes is located south of Fosnavåg on the same island...

 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). This changed on 1 January 1867 when Sande

Sande, Møre og Romsdal

Sande is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Larsnes on the island of Gurskøya.-General information:...

 was separated from Herøy to create a municipality of its own. In 1905, the new municipality of Rovde

Rovde

Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the island of Gurskøy is currently part of the municipality of Sande and the southern area is part of Vanylven...

 was separated from Sande, with Rovdane as the administrative centre of Rovde. On 1 January 1964, the district Rovdestranda, where Rovdane is located, was transferred to the municipality of Vanylven

Vanylven

Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is Fiskåbygd. Other villages include Syvde, Rovdane, and Myklebost.-General information:...

whereas the rest of Rovde was reunited with Sande. Rovdestranda had 436 inhabitants at that time.