- Vatne, Møre og Romsdal
Vatne is a village and former municipality in Haram municipality,
Møre og Romsdal county,Norway .The municipality was created by a split from
Skodje on1 January 1902 . At that time Vatne had a population of 1,547.On
1 January 1965 the islandDryna and the area on Midøya, with 334 inhabitants, were merged withSør-Aukra to create the new municipalityMidsund . The rest of Vatne, with 2,260 inhabitants, was incorporated into Haram. [cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf]The village Vatne has a population of 1626 [cite paper | author=Statistics Norway | title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2008 | date=2008 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2008-06-20-01-en.html] .
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