Hjørundfjord

Hjørundfjord

Hjørundfjord is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was Sæbø.

It was created as Hjørundfjord formannskapsdistrikt in 1837.

On 1 January 1964 Hjørundfjord was incorporated into its neighboring municipality to the west, Ørsta. Prior to the merger Hjørundfjord had a population of 1,728. [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]

Notable citizens include Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, mayor for thirty years and member of the national parliament for twenty years.

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