Hen, Møre og Romsdal


Hen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. Hen encompassed the valleys extending to the south and east of the Isfjorden in the northeastern part of the present-day Rauma Municipality. The administrative center of Hen was the village of Isfjorden. The area of Hen Municipality is still a parish within the municipality of Rauma. The parish has one church, Hen Church, located in Isfjorden.
The mountains Kyrkjetaket and Gjuratinden are both located in Hen.

History

The municipality of Hen was established on 1 January 1902 when the large Grytten Municipality was divided into Hen and Grytten. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Hen was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Eid, Grytten, Voll, and the southern part of Veøy municipality to form the new Rauma Municipality.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Hen, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Hen was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: