Brattvær 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 was located on the western part of the island of Smøla

Smøla

Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.-General information:...

 in the present-day municipality of Smøla. It included the area near Råket

Råket

Råket is a village in the municipality of Smøla in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the island, just west of Dyrnes....

 and Dyrnes

Dyrnes

Dyrnes is a village in the municipality of Smøla in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the island, just east of Råket, and southwest of Veiholmen. The Smøla Wind Farm is located southeast of the village....

. The Brattvær church was the main church of the municipality.

History

The municipality of Brattvær was established on 1 January 1915 when the large municipality of Edøy

Edøy

Edøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Smøla.-History:...

 was split into three to form the new municipalities of Edøy, Brattvær, and Hopen

Hopen, Møre og Romsdal

Hopen is a village and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Smøla...

. Initially, Brattvær had a population of 973. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities of Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen under the new name of Smøla

Smøla

Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.-General information:...

. Before the merger, Brattvær had a population of 1,361.