Vestnes Municipality

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The municipality of Vestnes was established in the fall of 1838 when the western district of the large Veøy Municipality was separated to form its own municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1899, the southern district of the municipality (population: 1,408) was separated from Vestnes to form the new Sylte Municipality.{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Vestnes Municipality (population: 3,895) and Tresfjord Municipality, formerly known as Sylte Municipality, (population: 1,319) were merged to form a new, larger Vestnes Municipality.

On 1 January 2021, the {{convert|53|km2|adj=on}} Vågstranda area in the northwestern part of Rauma Municipality was transferred into Vestnes Municipality.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-21 |title=Vedtak om grensejustering mellom kommunane Rauma og Vestnes, Møre og Romsdal |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2019-06-20-773 |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Lovdata.no |language=no}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vestnes farm ({{langx|non|Vestnes}}) since the first Vestnes Church was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|vestr}} which means "west". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "headland". Prior to 1889, the name was written Vestnæs.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=691LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt |date=1908 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=13 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=217 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

The coat of arms was granted on 11 April 1980. The official blazon is "Gules, two piles issuant from dexter Or" ({{langx|no|I raudt to gull spissar mot venstre}}). This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is two piles (triangles) extending from the left to the right. The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The arms are designed to symbolize the geography of the municipality: a headland between two fjords—the Tresfjorden and the Tomrefjorden. The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Vestnes |access-date=2023-04-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Vestnes, Møre og Romsdal (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-35.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Flags of the World}}{{Cite SNL|Vestnes|Vestnes|2025-04-13|Thorsnæs|Geir|2024-12-20}}

A Viking barrow burial was uncovered at Villa Farm near Vestnes in 1894. Now in the British Museum's collection in London, the rich grave finds include a pair of oval brooches and other dress accessories, a comb, remnants of a bucket and a box, a bridle-bit, agricultural tools, a bronze bowl, a whalebone plaque, a weaving batten and a whetstone.{{Cite web |title=British Museum collection |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x35207}}

The Møre og Romsdal Agricultural Museum ({{lang|no|Landbruksmuseet for Møre og Romsdal}}) was established in the municipality at the Gjermundnes Farm in 1979.{{Cite web |title=Landbruksmuseet for Møre og Romsdal, Gjermundnes |url=http://mr.kulturnett.no/institusjon/landbruksmuseet-m%C3%B8re-og-romsdal-gjermundnes |access-date=2018-01-19}}{{Cite web |title=Gjermundnes |url=https://mrfylke.no/content/download/251568/2025819/version/1/file/Informasjonsplakatar%2B-%2BGjermundnes.pdf |access-date=2018-01-19 |website=Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune |publisher=Vestnes kommune}}

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The Church of Norway has five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Vestnes Municipality. It is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

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Vestnes is located in an area of great natural splendour on the southern shores of the vast Romsdal Fjord. The Tresfjorden and Tomrefjorden branch off Romsdal Fjord to the south. Vestnes borders Rauma Municipality to the east, as well as Fjord Municipality and Ålesund Municipality to the south. Across the Moldefjorden to the north is Molde Municipality. The highest point in the municipality is the {{convert|1467.83|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Sandfjellet, a tripoint on the border of Vestnes Municipality, Fjord Municipality, and Rauma Municipality.

Vestnes Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.{{Cite SNL|kommunestyre| kommunestyre|2024-12-31|Hansen|Tore|2024-11-25|editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}} The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Nordmøre og Romsdal District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

The municipal council ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Vestnes is made up of 23 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

{{div col}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 2023

|end = 2027

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Møre og Romsdal |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/m%C3%B8re%20og%20romsdal/vestnes#seats |access-date=2024-01-16 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed =

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 23

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 6

|Høyre = 4

|INP = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 2019

|end = 2023

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Møre og Romsdal |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/m%C3%B8re%20og%20romsdal/vestnes#seats |access-date=2019-10-19 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 23

|Arbeiderpartiet = 3

|Fremskrittspartiet = 4

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 1

|Pensjonistpartiet = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 2015

|end = 2019

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 23

|Arbeiderpartiet = 3

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 10

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|Pensjonistpartiet = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 2011

|end = 2015

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Møre og Romsdal |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/m%C3%B8re%20og%20romsdal/vestnes#seats |access-date=2019-10-19 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 23

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 4

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Venstre = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 2007

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Venstre = 1

|Høyre = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 2003

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Fremskrittspartiet = 7

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 1

|otherparty = Cross-party list

|otherparty_no = Tverrpolitisk liste

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1999

|end = 2003

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 8

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1995

|end = 1999

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 1

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 8

|Venstre = 3

|otherparty = Independent election list for Tomrefjord and Øverås/Nerås

|otherparty_no = Partipolitisk uavhengig valliste for Tomrefjord og Overås/Nerås

|otherparty_number = 6

|otherparty1 = Independent election list for the Helland school area

|otherparty_no1 = Partipolitisk uavhengig valliste for Helland skulekrins

|otherparty_number1 = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1991

|end = 1995

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 8

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Independent election list for Tomrefjord and Øverås/Nerås

|otherparty_no = Partipolitisk uavhengig valliste for Tomrefjord og Overås/Nerås

|otherparty_number = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1987

|end = 1991

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Independent party list for Tomrefjord

|otherparty_no = Partipolitisk uavhengig liste for Tomrefjord

|otherparty_number = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1983

|end = 1987

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Independent party list for Tomrefjord

|otherparty_no = Partipolitisk uavhengig liste for Tomrefjord

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1979

|end = 1983

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 3

|otherparty = Independent party list for Tomrefjord

|otherparty_no = Partipolitisk uavhengig liste for Tomrefjord

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1975

|end = 1979

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Venstre = 5

|otherparty = Area list for Tomrefjord and Overås

|otherparty_no = Krinsliste for Tomrefjord og Overås

|otherparty_number = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1971

|end = 1975

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Venstre = 4

|Local_Lists = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1967

|end = 1971

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Venstre = 4

|Local_Lists = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|start = 1963

|end = 1967

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 33

|Arbeiderpartiet = 12

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Venstre = 4

|Local_Lists = 2

|note = On 1 January 1964, Tresfjord Municipality became part of Vestnes Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|herad = yes

|start = 1959

|end = 1963

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Local_Lists = 11

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|herad = yes

|start = 1955

|end = 1959

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 2

|Local_Lists = 12

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|herad = yes

|start = 1951

|end = 1955

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 1

|Local_Lists = 12

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|herad = yes

|start = 1947

|end = 1951

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Local_Lists = 13

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|herad = yes

|start = 1945

|end = 1947

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|AFS = 3

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 8

|Local_Lists = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Vestnes

|herad = yes

|start = 1937

|end = 1941*

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-04-26 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 24

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Local_Lists = 12

|}}

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The mayor ({{langx|nn|ordførar}}) of Vestnes is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:{{Cite web |title=Ordførarkjedet |url=https://www.vestnes.kommune.no/tenester/administrasjon-og-okonomi/om-kommunen/ordforarkjedet/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Vestnes kommune |language=no}}{{Cite web |year=2024 |editor-last=Fiva |editor-first=Jon H |editor2-last=Sørensen |editor2-first=Rune J. |editor3-last=Vøllo |editor3-first=Reidar |title=Local Candidate Dataset |url=https://www.jon.fiva.no/docs/FivaSorensenVollo2024.pdf}}

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• 1838–1841: Henrik Jonsen Remmem{{Cite news |date=1840-08-08 |title=Amtsformandskabsforhandlinger for Romsdals Amt i Aaret 1840 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/fb6bdda8047699e8897659795d5bacce |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Romsdals Amtstidende |page=2 |language=no}}{{Cite book |last=Brovold |first=Ivar |url=https://www.nb.no/items/65ee55b5dbab50a9ae33a8245826320a?page=333 |title=Topografisk-historisk Beskrivelse over Vestnæs prestegjeld |publisher=Romsdals Budstikkes Trykkeri |year=1901 |location=Molde |page=318 |language=no |accessdate=2025-04-13}}
• 1842–1843: Arit Bjermeland
• 1844–1845: Nils N. Vestnæs
• 1846–1847: Christen N. Stokkeland{{Cite news |date=1847-07-10 |title=Til valgmænd |url=https://www.nb.no/items/b5dc76533450756ec036eb75599f6d5c |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Correspondenten |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1847–1859: Erik Aslaksen Sylte{{Cite news |date=1852-06-12 |title=Romsdals Amtsformandskab |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0d0dd30c8b85e367d77285871610a84f |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Postbudet |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1860–1861: Hans Nakken{{Cite news |date=1860-06-15 |title=Indlandet |url=https://www.nb.no/items/c87ae3305e2b6bf1de9b8d5b44c64fa3 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Aftenbladet |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1862–1869: Ivar Brovold{{Cite news |date=1869-06-03 |title=Romsdals Amtsformandskab |url=https://www.nb.no/items/5867651117fedcbb18dc3bb1baad07ef |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Møringen |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1870–1873: Walter Scott Dahl (V){{Cite news |date=1870-06-09 |title=Romsdals Amtsformandskab i 1870 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/73e25e75d4fe346316ad0f10ee5f8f95 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Møringen |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1874–1875: Christofer Domaas{{Cite news |date=1875-06-03 |title=Referat af Romsdals Amtsformandskabsforhandlinger 1875 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/b18fb48ff43de86cb94d7a6d383121b9 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Aalesunds Blad |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1876–1883: Walter Scott Dahl (V){{Cite news |date=1877-06-05 |title=Referat af Romsdals Amtsformandskabs Forhandlinger for Aar 1877 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/30073663f7666edd72b2a8ac860ca302 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Aalesunds Blad |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1884–1886: Ivar Brovold{{Cite news |date=1884-06-11 |title=Referat af Romsdals Amtsformandskabs Forhandlinger i 1884 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/8520bff959da53f03eee8a40e50cdd87 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Kristiansundsposten |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1886–1889: Peder A. Gjelsten{{Cite news |date=1887-06-09 |title=Romsdals Amtsthing |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7d32edb6fb890d55d5fd5a540d833e39 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Romsdals Budstikke |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1889–1891: Mads Ellingsæter{{Cite news |date=1890-06-03 |title=Referat af Forhandlingerne i Romsdals Amtsthing |url=https://www.nb.no/items/dc52a20c4aaa1c81d322c6ae0c178d13 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Romsdalsposten |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1891–1895: Peder A. Gjelsten{{Cite news |date=1895-05-18 |title=Romsdals Amtsthing |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d6216a18a7d77090dcba41b67f1159ca |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Romsdals Tidende |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1896–1898: Martinus P. Sylte{{Cite news |date=1898-06-08 |title=Amtsthinget |url=https://www.nb.no/items/c27bdf328f3c0c106157dfc55fc484c9 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Romsdals Tidende |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1899–1901: Mads Ellingsæter
• 1902–1910: Rasmuss Stokkeland
• 1911–1916: P.L. Legernes
• 1917–1919: Nils K. Bårdsnes
• 1920–1922: Anton J. Nerem
• 1923–1925: Nils K. Bårdsnes
• 1926–1928: Olav Eidhammer
• 1929–1931: Peder P. Gjelsten
• 1932–1934: Olav Eidhammer
• 1935–1937: Einar Helland
• 1938–1941: Kristian K Frostad (V)
• 1941–1945: Olav Rekdal (NS)
• 1945–1951: Kristian K Frostad (V)
• 1951–1956: Einar Aas{{Cite news |date=1951-12-13 |title=Einar Aas ordfører i Vestnes |url=https://www.nb.no/items/272d3cc74b2cbdbc7999f8ae02cc8004?page=1 |work=Tidens Krav |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1956–1957: Olav Tomren
• 1957–1963: Kåre Rekdal (KrF){{Cite news |date=1959-12-09 |title=Kåre Rekdal ble gjenvalt til ordfører i Vestnes |url=https://www.nb.no/items/4460e8a3453eb1530e1fadb3a95f4db1?page=7 |work=Tidens Krav |page=8 |language=no}}
• 1964–1971: Peder B. Hjelvik (Sp)
• 1972–1980: Torgeir Stene (V)
• 1980–1980: Ole S. Øveraas (Sp)
• 1981–1985: Georg Balstad (KrF)
• 1986–1987: Alf Johan Hustad
• 1987–1999: Petter Inge Bergheim (Sp)
• 1999–2003: Roald Fiksdal (Ap)
• 2003–2007: Knut Magne Flølo (FrP)
• 2007–2015: Øyvind Uren (Ap)
• 2015–2021: Geir Inge Lien (Sp)
• 2021–present: Randi Bergundhaugen (H){{Cite news |date=2023-09-14 |title=Bergundhaugen fortsetter som ordfører i Vestnes |url=https://www.nrk.no/mr/bergundhaugen-fortsetter-som-ordforer-i-vestnes-1.16558306 |access-date=2024-01-16 |work=NRK |language=no}}

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Vestnes is a relatively good agricultural community with emphasis on livestock and milk production. Vestnes, however, is primarily a manufacturing district. The main industry is the ship-building industry with a number of different companies located in Vestnes. A total of 63% of industry employment (2004) in Vestnes is part of the ship-building industry. Other that shipbuilding, there are several companies in the food, textile and clothing, wood products, furniture, and metal products industries in Vestnes.

The newspaper Vestnesavisa is published in Vestnes.{{Cite SNL|Vestnesavisa|Vestnesavisa|2025-04-13|Een de Amoriza|Silje|2024-11-26|editor2-first=Olav|editor2-last=Garvik}}

The European route E39 highway goes through Vestnes on its way from Sjøholt to Molde. The European route E136 highway goes through Vestnes on its way from Ålesund to Dombås. The two highways intersect and share part of the route through Vestnes. The new Tresfjord Bridge carries the E136 highway over the Tresfjorden rather than the previous roadway that follows the shoreline all the way around the fjord.

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• Peter L. Rypdal (1909 in Tresfjord – 1988), a fiddler and traditional folk music composer
• Jakob Rypdal (1926 in Tresfjord – 2015), a triple jumper
• Terje Rypdal (born 1947), a guitarist and composer who lives in Tresfjord
• Lodve Solholm (born 1949 in Vestnes), the county governor of Møre og Romsdal from 2009 to 2018
• Barry Gjerde (born 1951 in Vestnes), a Canadian-Japanese voice actor who works in Japan{{IMDb name|1404097|Barry Gjerde}}. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
• Bjørn Rune Gjelsten (born 1956 in Tomrefjord), a powerboat racer and joint owner of Wimbledon F.C.
• Kjetil Rekdal (born 1968 in Vestnes), a football manager and a former footballer with 484 club caps and 83 for Norway
• Bernt Hulsker (born 1977), a retired footballer with over 250 club caps who grew up in Vestnes

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• [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/vestnes Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway {{in lang|no}}
• {{official site|http://www.vestnes.kommune.no}} {{in lang|no}}

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