Vatne, More og Romsdal

Historie

Vatne is a village and former municipality in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Vatne is located at the southern end of the Vatnefjorden in the eastern part of Haram Municipality. The 1.64km2 village has a population (2013) of 1,876 which gives it a population density of. Other villages in the Vatne area include Eidsvik and Tennfjord to the south of the village of Vatne and Helle to the north of it.The village of Vatne is the location of Vatne Church. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Vatne which existed from 1902 until 1965. The municipality encompassed the areas surrounding the Vatnefjorden and Samfjorden on the mainland, stretching from the Midfjorden in the north to the Grytafjorden in the south. Plus, the municipality also included the island of Dryna and part of the island of Midøya.HistoryOn 1 January 1902, the northern part of Skodje Municipality was split off to form the new Vatne Municipality. Vatne had an initial population of 1,547. On 1 January 1965, Vatne Municipality was dissolved. The island of Dryna and the western part of the island of Midøya (population: 334) were merged with Sør-Aukra Municipality to create the new Midsund Municipality. The remainder of Vatne (population: 2,260) was incorporated into Haram Municipality.