Eid og Voll 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 encompassed most of the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Rauma

Rauma, Norway

Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Åndalsnes. Other villages include Vågstranda, Voll, Innfjorden, Veblungsnes, Verma, Isfjorden, Eidsbygda, Rødven, Åfarnes, and Mittet...

, including the villages of Voll

Voll, Møre og Romsdal

Voll is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed the Måndalen and Innfjorden valleys in the western part of the present-day municipality of Rauma....

, Innfjorden

Innfjorden

Innfjorden is a village in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is situated about southwest of Åndalsnes and southeast of Voll along the European Route E136...

, and Eidsbygda

Eidsbygda

Eidsbygda is a village in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located northwest of Åndalsnes, on an isthmus of land between the Romsdalsfjord and the Rødvenfjorden. This was the administrative center of the old municipality of Eid. The Rødven stave church lies to...

.

History

The municipality of Voll og Eid (Voll and Eid) was established on 1 January 1840 when it was split away from Grytten

Grytten

Grytten is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the Romsdal valley which follows the Rauma River from the Oppland county border to the Romsdalsfjord at Åndalsnes, as well as some smaller side valleys. The original municipality of Grytten was almost...

.According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 1,211. Soon after the municipality was created, talk of dividing it began. On 10 September 1862, the Torvik, Monsås, and Hagen farms in Grytten were transferred to the municipality of Voll og Eid. In 1863, the name was switched to Eid og Voll. On 1 January 1874, Eid og Voll was split to create two municipalities: Eid

Eid, Møre og Romsdal

Eid is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Rauma. The main village in the area is Eidsbygda.-History:...

 (population: 1,048) and Voll

Voll, Møre og Romsdal

Voll is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed the Måndalen and Innfjorden valleys in the western part of the present-day municipality of Rauma....

 (population: 695). These two municipalities later merged with Grytten

Grytten

Grytten is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the Romsdal valley which follows the Rauma River from the Oppland county border to the Romsdalsfjord at Åndalsnes, as well as some smaller side valleys. The original municipality of Grytten was almost...

, Hen

Hen, Møre og Romsdal

Hen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the valleys around the village of Isfjorden in the northeastern part of the present-day municipality of Rauma...

 and part of Veøy

Veøy

Veøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It initially consisted of Vestnes, as well as the southern part of Molde and the northern part of Rauma. Vestnes was demerged in 1838, later the same year the municipality was established. From 1964, the municipality was split between Molde...

 to form the new municipality of Rauma

Rauma, Norway

Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Åndalsnes. Other villages include Vågstranda, Voll, Innfjorden, Veblungsnes, Verma, Isfjorden, Eidsbygda, Rødven, Åfarnes, and Mittet...

in 1964.