Innvik is a former municipality in the old

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county in

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965. Innvik is located in the present-day

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county, encompassing about the western third of the present municipality. Innvik included both sides of the Nordfjorden, from

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in the west to just west of the village of

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. It stretched from the border with Hornindal Municipality in the north, through the Oldedalen valley all the way to the

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in the south.

Name

The name comes from the old ''Innvik'' farm ( non, Víkr), since the first Innvik Church is located there. The old name is identical with the word ''vík'' which means "

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". Over time, the prefix ''inn-'' (meaning "inner") was added to distinguish the area from nearby Utvik (meaning "outer" Vik). The name ''Indvigen'' or the more modern spelling ''Innvik'' has been in use since the 15th century.

History

The municipality was established as ''Indvigen''

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on 1 January 1838. In 1843, the eastern part of the municipality was separated from Innvik to form the new

, leaving Innvik with 2,675 inhabitants. On 1 October 1922, the Raksgrenda area (between the villages of Loen and

), with 120 inhabitants, was administratively transferred from Innvik to Stryn. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1965, Innvik Municipality and neighboring Stryn Municipality were merged back together, creating a much larger municipality named Stryn. Prior to the merger, Innvik municipality had 3,003 inhabitants.

Government

Municipal council

The

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of Innvik was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

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