Kornstad (municipality)

Kornstad Municipality
Kornstad herred
View of Fånytta (looking south) in northern Kornstad
View of Fånytta (looking south) in northern Kornstad
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Kornstad within Møre og Romsdal
Kornstad within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°57′53″N 07°27′10″E / 62.96472°N 7.45278°E / 62.96472; 7.45278
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictNordmøre
Established1 Jan 1897
 • Preceded byKvernes Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byAverøy Municipality
Administrative centreKornstad
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total66 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,918
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1552[1]

Kornstad is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1897 until its dissolution in 1964. The 66-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality encompassed the western part oft the present-day Averøy Municipality on the island of Averøya, plus a small area in the present-day Hustadvika Municipality on the mainland Romsdal Peninsula to the west of the island. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kornstad where Kornstad Church is located.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (23 October 2015). "Kornstad - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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