Editing Kristiansund Municipality (section)

==Geography==
The municipality borders [[Smøla Municipality]] and [[Aure Municipality]] to the northeast, [[Tingvoll Municipality]] to the east, [[Gjemnes Municipality]] to the south, and [[Averøy Municipality]] to the southwest. The small [[Grip, Norway|Grip]] archipelago is located in the northwestern part of the municipality. The municipality is surrounded by the [[Freifjorden]] and [[Kvernesfjorden]] with the open sea to the northwest.

[[File:Nordlandet kirke 85156 2024-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The island of "Nordlandet" in Kristiansund.]]

The town of Kristiansund is built on four main islands, with many smaller islands. The island of [[Nordlandet]] ("North Land", humorously nicknamed ''[[Morocco|Marokko]]''), is the second largest island and the site of the local airport, [[Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget]] ([[IATA]] code: KSU). [[Kirklandet]], third in size is made up of two areas ''Kirkelandet'' and ''Gomalandet''. In the local dialect, ''Kirkelandet'' (the "Church Land") is pronounced ''"Kirklandet"'', without the middle ''e''. The smallest island is [[Innlandet (island)|Innlandet]] ("Innermost Land"; humorously, "[[Tahiti]]"). The largest island in the municipality is [[Frei (island)|Frei]] which was part of the old [[Frei Municipality]] which was merged into Kristiansund on 1 January 2008. The highest point of the municipality is located on Frei island, [[Freikollen]] at a height of {{convert|629|m}}.<ref name="elev" />

The islands of [[Grip, Norway|Grip]], located northwest of Kristiansund are also a part of the municipality. [[Grip Municipality]] was [[Norway]]'s smallest municipality, and also one of the most remote until it merged with Kristiansund in 1964. Today the island of Grip holds status as a deserted fishing village, but in the summer season it is a popular tourist attraction due to the very special location and architecture. [[Grip Stave Church]], the second smallest [[stave church]] of [[Norway]] ([[Undredal Stave Church]] is smaller), is also located at Grip. It is also where [[Grip Lighthouse]] is located.

Kristiansund includes the town of Kristiansund which is one of the most densely populated cities of Norway, having what is arguably the country's most urban small city centre, due to the relatively small size of the islands on which it is built and the very constricted central harbor/town area of [[Kirkelandet]].

{{wide image|Kristiansund city.JPG|550px|Parts of Kristiansund seen from Kvernberget}}