Editing Kristiansund Municipality (section)

===19th century to present===
[[File:NO 1503 Kristiansund.svg|thumb|right|Map of Kristiansund (1964-2008)]]
The town of ''Christianssund'' was established as the municipality of Christianssund on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). 

The bombing of Kristiansund occurred from April 28 to May 1, 1940, during the German occupation of Norway in World War II. German air raids destroyed around 800 buildings, causing major damage and killing six people. In 1944, [[Royal Air Force]] planes accidentally hit civilian homes during a bombing raid, killing 12.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, Kristiansund Municipality was merged with the tiny [[Grip Municipality]] (population: 104) to the northwest and the ''Dale'' area of [[Bremsnes Municipality]] on [[Nordlandet]] island (population: 963).<ref name="jukvam1999" /> The neighboring [[Frei Municipality]] was merged with Kristiansund on 1 January 2008 creating a much larger Kristiansund Municipality.