Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.The municipality of Smøla was established on 1 January 1960 after the merger of the municipalities of Edøy, Brattvær, and Hopen. The initial population was 4,046. The boundaries have not changed since that time. The municipality is named after the main island of Smøla (Old Norse: Smyl or Smjöl). The name is probably derived from smuler which means "crumbs", referring to the thousands of small islands and islets around the main island.