Voll, Møre og Romsdal
Encyclopedia
Voll is a village and 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 former municipality encompassed the Måndalen
Mandalen
Mandalen is a valley in Vest-Agder, Norway.It runs from Åseral in the north, through Marnardal and ends at Mandal in the south. The river Mandalselva runs through the valley. Side valleys are Ljoslandsdalen and Lognadalen....

 and Innfjorden
Innfjorden
Innfjorden is a village in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is situated about southwest of Åndalsnes and southeast of Voll along the European Route E136...

 valleys in the western 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...

.

The village of Voll is located along the highway about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) west of the town of Åndalsnes
Åndalsnes
is a town in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is the administrative center of Rauma. The town has a population of 2,207...

. The village of Vågstranda
Vågstranda
Vågstranda is a village along the Romsdalsfjord in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the highway north of Voll and east of Vikebukt in Vestnes....

 lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north and the village of Innfjorden
Innfjorden
Innfjorden is a village in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is situated about southwest of Åndalsnes and southeast of Voll along the European Route E136...

 lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southeast. The 1.07 square kilometres (264.4 acre) village of Voll has a population (2009) of 487.

History

The municipality of Voll was established on 1 January 1874 when the old municipality of Eid og Voll
Eid og Voll
Eid og Voll is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It encompassed most of the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Rauma, including the villages of Voll, Innfjorden, and Eidsbygda.-History:...

 was divided into the municipalities of 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:...

 and Voll. Voll had an initial population of 695. On 1 January 1965, Voll 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...

, Hen
Hen, Møre og Romsdal
Hen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the valleys around the village of Isfjorden in the northeastern 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...

. Before the merger Voll had a population of 1,163.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK