named Stryn. The population ofStryn at this time was 2,401.
On 10 January 1922, the area of Raksgrenda was transferred from Innvik to Stryn. The population in this area was 120 at that time.
On 1 January 1965, a merger took place combining the following areas into a new Stryn municipality:
* the municipality of Innvik (population: 3,003)
* the municipality of Stryn (population: 2,982)
* everything east of Navelsaker and Holm�yvik in the municipality of Hornindal (population: 1,184)
* Hopplandsgrenda in the municipality of Gloppen (population: 42)
The new municipality of Stryn had a population of 7,211.
On 1 January 1977, the parts of Hornindal and Gloppen that were merged with Stryn in 1965 were transferred to the newly re-constituted Hornindal municipality. The population of Stryn was reduced by 1,202 in this transaction.
Churches
The Church of Norway has ten churches within the municipality of Stryn. It is part of the Diocese of Bj�rgvin and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Nordfjord. Stryn is home to twoparishes: Innvik and Stryn. There are also two other churches in Stryn that belong to the neighboring Hornindal parish
