Ålvundeid 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...

. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sunndal

Sunndal

is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Jordalsgrenda, Øksendalsøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Ålvund, and Gjøra.With an area of it is the...

. It included the Innerdalen

Innerdalen

Innerdalen is a valley in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is also Norway's first nature reserve. The valley and nature reserve begins at Ålvundeid by the highway in the west and stretches approximately to the east to Innerdalsporten. It lies within the...

 valley and the Ålvund

Ålvund

Ålvund is a village in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the beginning of the Ålvundfjord, about northwest of Ålvundeidet and the Innerdalen valley....

 valley area.

History

The municipality of Ulvundeid was established on 1 January 1899 when it was split off from Øksendal

Øksendal

Øksendal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sunndal, along the Sunndalsfjord.-History:...

 municipality. The new municipality had an initial population of 462. The name was later changed to Ålvundeid. On 1 January 1960 both Ålvundeid and Øksendal were merged into the neighboring municipality of Sunndal

Sunndal

is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Jordalsgrenda, Øksendalsøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Ålvund, and Gjøra.With an area of it is the...

. Prior to the merger Ålvundeid had a population of 513.