Volda (village)

Volda is the administrative centre of Volda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the Voldsfjorden, just less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the village of Ørsta. The 3.6-square-kilometre (890-acre) village has a population (2013) of 6,114; giving the village a population density of 1,698 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,400/sq mi).

Volda University College is one of 25 university colleges in Norway. Volda University College enrolls about 3,000 students and specializes in education of teachers, animators, documentarists, and journalists. The village is home to the municipal administration, municipal schools, and the regional hospital. It has a shopping center as well as some industry. Volda Church is located in the central part of the village. The local newspaper is Avisa Møre.

The Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden lies between the two villages of Volda and Ørsta, along the European route E39 highway which runs through both villages. There are also ferry connections from Volda to Lauvstad and Folkestad, across the Voldsfjorden.

Volda

Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. Other villages in the municipality include Dravlaus, Folkestad, Fyrde, Lauvstad, and Straumshamn. The municipality is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the city of Ålesund.

General information

The municipality of Volden was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The original municipality was the same as the parish (prestegjeld) of Volden, including the sub-parishes of Ørsta and Dalsfjord. On 1 August 1883, the sub-parish of Ørsta was separated from Volden to form a new municipality of its own. This left Volden with 3,485 residents. On 1 January 1893, the Ytrestølen farm in Ørsta municipality (population: 13) was transferred to Volden municipality.

In 1918, the name was changed from Volden to Volda. On 1 July 1924, the sub-parish of Dalsfjord was separated from Volda to become a municipality of its own. This left Volda with 4,715 residents. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Dalsfjord and Volda were merged back together. The new Volda municipality had 7,207 residents.