Kornstad is a village and 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...

. The former municipality covered the southwestern part of the island of Averøya

Averøya

Averøya is an island in the municipality of Averøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located north of the Romsdal peninsula surrounded by the Kornstadfjord on the west and the Kvernesfjord on the south and east...

 and the small Vevang area on the Romsdal peninsula

Romsdal Peninsula

Romsdalshalvøya, sometimes translated as the Romsdal Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county in Norway...

. The village is located in the present-day municipality of Averøy

Averøy

Averøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bruhagen. Other villages in the municipality include Sveggen, Bremsnes, Vebenstad, Kvernes, Kornstad, Kårvåg, and Langøy.The...

, on the west side of the island of Averøya, along the Kornstadfjord

Kornstadfjord

Kornstadfjord is a fjord in the municipalities of Averøy and Eide in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord runs between the Romsdal peninsula and the island of Averøya...

. The village of Visnes

Visnes, Møre og Romsdal

Visnes is a small village in the municipality of Eide in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Kornstadfjord, about north of the municipal center of Eide.Visnes is home to Visnes Kalk AS, a limestone quarry....

 lies directly across the fjord in Eide

Eide

Eide is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. It is located on the Romsdal peninsula, along the Kornstadfjord and the Kvernesfjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eide...

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History

The municipality of Kornstad was established on 1 January 1897 when the old municipality of Kvernes

Kvernes

Kvernes is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality originally encompassed the island of Averøya, part of the Romsdal peninsula, and part of the island of Frei. Over time it gradually got smaller until 1964, when the municipality was merged...

 was divided. Initially, Kornstad had a population of 1,599. On 1 January 1964, the district of Vevang

Vevang

Vevang is a village in Eide, Norway. It is located on the western end of the Atlantic Ocean Road....

 (population: 562) was transferred into the neighboring municipality of Eide

Eide

Eide is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. It is located on the Romsdal peninsula, along the Kornstadfjord and the Kvernesfjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eide...

, and the rest of Kornstad (population: 1,356) was merged into the new municipality of Averøy

Averøy

Averøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bruhagen. Other villages in the municipality include Sveggen, Bremsnes, Vebenstad, Kvernes, Kornstad, Kårvåg, and Langøy.The...

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