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'Åsskard' is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
It was created by a split from Stangvik on May 1, 1895. At that time Åsskard had a population of 629. On 1 January 1915 a district of Halsa with 114 inhabitants was moved to Halsa.
On 1 January 1965 Åsskard was incorporated into the neighboring municipality Surnadal. Before the merger Åsskard had a population of 1.014.
The village Åsskard is located in the western part of Surnadal, in the end of the Åsskardfjord.