Måndalen or Voll is a village in

Rauma Municipality Rauma is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre is the town of Åndalsnes. Other s ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The village is located along the

Romsdalsfjorden or is the ninth-longest fjord in Norway. The long fjord is located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. It flows through the municipalities of Molde, Haram, Vestnes, and Rauma. The deepest point in the fjord is just southwest ...

about west of the town of

Åndalsnes is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is also the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. It is located along the Isfjorden, at the mouth of the river Rauma, at the north end of the Romsdalen valle ...

. The

European route E136 European route E136 is a European highway located entirely in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. The highway begins in the town of Ålesund (town), Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway, and it goes east ...

highway goes through the village, connecting it to the village of

Vågstranda Vågstranda is a village along Romsdal Fjord in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the European route E136 highway, about north of the village of Måndalen (in Rauma Municipality) and east of the villa ...

, about to the north and to the village of

Innfjorden Innfjorden is a village in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is situated about southwest of the town of Åndalsnes and southeast of the village of Måndalen along the European Route E136 highway. The road from Åndalsne ...

, about to the southeast. The village has a population (2024) of 505 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of . The central part of the village is often referred to as ''Voll'' while the larger area in the valley is known as Måndalen.

History

Måndalen was the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

of the old

Voll Municipality Voll is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Rauma Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre wa ...

which existed from 1874 until 1964. The historic Voll Church is located in this village, and it serves the people of western Rauma.

References

Villages in Møre og Romsdal Rauma, Norway {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub