Stemshaug is a village and 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 is located on the mainland along the southern shore of the Torsetsundet in the present-day municipality of Aure

Aure, Norway

Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Stemshaug, Todalen, and Tjeldbergodden. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.The municipality includes many...

. The former municipality encompassed the northeastern part of Aure, including part of Skardsøya

Skardsøya

Skardsøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northeastern part of Aure, just east of the island of Grisvågøya and north and west of the mainland. The island is connected to the mainland to the east by the Dromnessund Bridge and to the...

 island and the Tjeldbergodden

Tjeldbergodden

Tjeldbergodden is an industrial facility mainly featuring petroleum facilities located in the northeastern part of the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was constructed during the 1990s and among other things features the Statoil natural gas processing plant for the Heidrun...

 area on the mainland. The very old Stemshaug church is located in the village.

History

The municipality of Stemshaug was established on 1 July 1914 when it was split from the municipality of Aure

Aure, Norway

Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Stemshaug, Todalen, and Tjeldbergodden. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.The municipality includes many...

. Initially, Stemshaug had a population of 851. On 1 January 1965, Stemshaug was merged back into Aure. Prior to the merger, Stemshaug had a population of 877.