Eid og Voll (historically: Voll og Eid) is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 296 km2 municipality encompassed most of the northwestern part of the present-day Rauma Municipality from 1840 until its dissolution in 1874. The administrative centre was the village of Voll. Other villages in the municipality were Innfjorden and Eidsbygda.

History

The municipality of Voll og Eid was established on 1 January 1840 when it was split away from Grytten municipality. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 1,211. Soon after the municipality was created, talk of dividing it began. On 10 September 1862, the Torvik, Monsås, and Hagen farms in Grytten Municipality were transferred to Voll og Eid Municipality. In 1863, the name was switched to Eid og Voll. On 1 January 1874, Eid og Voll Municipality was divided to create two municipalities: Eid (population: 1,048) and Voll (population: 695). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, these two municipalities were merged with the municipalities of Grytten, Hen, and part of Veøy to form the new Rauma Municipality.

Name

The municipality is compound name made up of two areas along the Romsdalsfjorden: Eid and Voll. The first part of the name comes from 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. The second part of the name comes from the old Voll farm since the first Voll Church was built there. The name comes from the word which means "meadow" or "field".