Kvernes

Kvernes is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

It was created in 1837 as Kvernes formannskapsdistrikt. According to the 1835 census the municipality once had a population of 3,754.

On 1 September 1893 parts of Kvernes, Frei and Øre were used to create the new municipality Gjemnes. On 1 January 1897 Kvernes was split in four to create three new municipalities Eide, Kornstad and Bremsnes. The remaining part of Kvernes had a population of 857.

On 1 January 1965 Kvernes was merged with most of Kornstad and Bremsnes to create the new municipality Averøy. Prior to the merger Kvernes had a population of 693.

References

*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
*cite web |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos15.html |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Møre og Romsdal 1801-1960 |accessdate= |author=Registreringssentral for historiske data |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tromsø |language= no icon