Eid is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Rauma Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Eidsbygda.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 605th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Eid Municipality was the 685th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 391. The municipality's population density was and its population had increased by 4% over the previous 10-year period.
General information The small municipality of Eid was established on 1 January 1874 when the old Eid og Voll Municipality was divided into two: Eid Municipality (population: 1,048) on the northeast side of the Romsdalsfjorden and Voll Municipality (population: 695) on the other side of the fjord.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a large municipal merger took place. The following places were merged to form the new Rauma Municipality on that date: all of Eid Municipality (population: 381) all of Grytten Municipality (population: 3,683) all of Hen Municipality (population: 1,663) all of Voll Municipality (population: 1,163) the southern part of Veøy Municipality (population: 1,400)
Name The municipality is named after the old Eid farm () since the first Eid Church was built there. The name comes from the word which means "isthmus" since the farm was located on an isthmus between two fjords.
Churches The Church of Norway had one parish () within Eid Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Eid prestegjeld and the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Eid MunicipalityParish ()Church nameLocation of the churchYear builtEidEid ChurchEidsbygda1796
Geography 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. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Skarven, a tripoint located on the border with Grytten Municipality and Veøy Municipality. Veøy Municipality was to the north, Grytten Municipality was to the east, and Voll Municipality were to the south and west (across the fjord).
Government While it existed, Eid 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. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.
Municipal council The municipal council of Eid Municipality was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.
Mayors The mayor () of Eid Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:
1874–1875: Johan Frisvold 1876–1877: Ole Hamre 1878–1879: Ole Torvik 1880–1883: T. Lereim 1884–1893: Ole Hamre 1893–1907: Anton Eide 1908–1910: Ole Norvik 1911–1923: Tore Midtbust 1923–1925: Ole Mittet 1925–1931: Engelbrekt Lerheim 1931–1942: Anders P. Strømme 1942–1943: Edvard Engen (NS) 1943–1943: Knut Johansen Eide (NS) 1943–1944: David Leonhardt Strømme (NS) 1945–1947: Anders P. Strømme 1948–1963: Erling Moen
See also List of former municipalities of Norway
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