Vartdal

Vartdal

Vartdal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Vartdal.

It was created by a split from Ulstein on 1 January 1895. The new municipality, which was called "Vartdalstranden" at that time, had a population of 736. The name was changed (shortened) to "Vartdal" in 1918.

On 1 January 1964 Vartdal was incorporated into its neighboring municipality to the south, Ørsta. Prior to the merger Vartdal had a population of 1.315. [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.pdfl]

The village Vartdal, which for administrative purposes is named Sætre, currently has a population of 375. [cite paper | author=Statistics Norway | title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2006 | date=2006 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2006-07-05-01-en.html]

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