page_title: Kristiansund
section_title: Middle ages
hierarchical_section_title: Kristiansund / History / Middle ages
caption_attribution_description: Pictures from the Work "Norge fremstillet i Tegninger" 1848 by Chr. Tønsberg. The picture depicts Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
context_page_description: Kristiansund is municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Kristiansund, which is the major town for the whole Nordmøre region. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Kvalvåg, Rensvik, and Nedre Frei.
  The 87-square-kilometre municipality is the 333rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kristiansund is the 51st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 24,179. The municipality's population density is 280.6 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 4% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: The island of Grip was an important fishing community during the Middle Ages, and was considered to be the most important municipality in the region at the time. The natural harbour in Lille-fosen, close to where Kristiansund is located today was also frequently used for fishing purposes.
caption: A picture of Christianssund from the early 1840s.
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