  stordal is a municipality in mÃ¸re og romsdal county, norway. it is part of the sunnmÃ¸re region. the administrative centre of the municipality is the village of stordal. the historic farm and museum of ytste skotet lies along the storfjorden in the western part of the municipality. most of the municipality lies on the eastern side of the fjord. stordal has relatively good agricultural land, and the main source of income is livestock. stordal has also been home to furniture production and continues with the industry today. ==general information== thumb|left|view of the stordal landscape thumb|left|view of the stordal landscape  stordal was established as a municipality on 1 january 1892 when it was separated from stranda municipality (to the south). the initial population of the municipality was 850. on 1 january 1965, the three municipalities of Ãrskog, skodje, and stordal were merged into one large Ãrskog municipality. prior to the merger, there were 1,052 inhabitants in stordal. the merger, however, was short-lived, and on 1 january 1977 it was reversed and the three municipalities were once again separated. ===name=== the old norse form of the name was stÃ³ladalr. the first element is the plural genitive case of stÃ³ll which means 
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