Eid, Møre og Romsdal

Eid is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 36-square-kilometre (14 sq mi) municipality existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located along the Romsdalsfjorden in the north-central part of the present-day Rauma Municipality. The administrative centre and largest population centre was the village of Eidsbygda. The municipality then extended to the southeast to the coast of the Isfjorden.^[3][4]

Eid Municipality Eid herred
Former municipality
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Eid within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°35′12″N 07°29′41″E
Country	Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Romsdal
Established	1 Jan 1874
• Preceded by	Eid og Voll Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Rauma Municipality
Administrative centre	Eidsbygda
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	381
• Density	11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Demonym	Eiding[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1538[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The small municipality of Eid was established on 1 January 1874 when the old municipality of Eid og Voll was divided into Eid Municipality and Voll Municipality. Eid had an initial population of 1,048. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Eid (population: 381) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Voll (population: 1,163), Grytten (population: 3,683), Hen (population: 1,663), and the southern part of Veøy municipality (population: 1,400) to form the new Rauma Municipality.^[3][5]

Name

The municipality is named after the old Eid farm (Old Norse: Eið) since the first Eid Church was built there. The name comes from the word eið which means "isthmus" since the farm was located on an isthmus between two fjords.^[6]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[7]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Eid was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Eid herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[8]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	13
Total number of members:		13

Eid herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	13
Total number of members:		13

Eid herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	7
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		12

Eid herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	12
Total number of members:		12

Eid herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	9
Total number of members:		12

Eid herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	12
Total number of members:		12
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
3. "Administrasjonshistorisk Oversyn for Rauma Kommune" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
4. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (4 December 2015). "Eid - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
5. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
6. Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 228.
7. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
13. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.