Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality

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Eresfjord og Vistdal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The Script error: No such module "convert". municipality existed from 1890 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Molde Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Eresfjord. The municipality included the two parishes of Vistdal and Eresfjord and there were two churches in the municipality: Sira Church in Eresfjord and Vistdal Church in Myklebostad.^[1]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the Script error: No such module "convert". municipality was the 123rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality was the 568th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,302. The municipality's population density was Script error: No such module "convert". and its population had decreased by 9.9% over the previous 10-year period.^[2]^[3]

General information

The municipality of Eresfjord og Vistdal was established on 1 January 1890 when it was split off from Nesset Municipality. Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality had an initial population of 2,155. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality (population: 1,289) was merged with Nesset Municipality (population: 2,360).^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Eresfjord og Vistdal, a compound name meaning "Eresfjord and Vistdal", referring to the local Eresfjorden (fjord) and Vistdalen valley. The first part is Eresfjord (Template:Langx). The first element of this part comes from the old name of the local river Aura (Script error: No such module "Lang".). This name comes from the word Template:Wikt-lang which means "gravel" or "coarse sand". The last element of this part is Template:Wikt-lang which means "fjord". The second part of the name is Vistdal or Vistdalen (Template:Langx). The first element of this part is the genitive case of the word Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "calm" or "quiet one", referring to the main river running through the valley. The lower part of the river is a particularly quiet and gentle river. The last element of this part is Template:Wikt-lang which means "valley" or "dale".^[5] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Eresfjord og Vistdalen. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Eresfjord og Vistdal, removing the definite form ending -en.^[6]

Churches

The Church of Norway had two parishes (Script error: No such module "Lang".) within Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Nesset prestegjeld and the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.^[3]

**Churches in Eresfjord og Vistdal**
Parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Eresfjord	Sira Church	Eresfjord	1869
Eresfjord	Eikesdal Chapel	Eikesdalen	1866
Vistdal	Vistdal Church	Myklebostad	1869

Geography

The municipality was located at the end of the Langfjorden and Eresfjorden. Nesset Municipality was to the north, Sunndal Municipality was to the east, Lesja Municipality (in Oppland county) was to the south, and Grytten Municipality, Hen Municipality, and Veøy Municipality were to the west. The highest point in the municipality was the Script error: No such module "convert". tall mountain Høgbøra.^[7]

Government

While it existed, Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[8] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council Script error: No such module "Lang". of Eresfjord og Vistdal was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.