Gjemnes
| Gjemnes kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°54′59″N 7°55′9″E / 62.91639°N 7.91917°ECoordinates: 62°54′59″N 7°55′9″E / 62.91639°N 7.91917°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Batnfjordsøra | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Knut Sjømæling (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 381.99 km2 (147.5 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 371.42 km2 (143.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 10.57 km2 (4.1 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 245 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 2,599 | ||
| • Rank | 295 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 7.0/km2 (18.1/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -3.1 % | ||
| Demonym | Gjemnesing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1557 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.gjemnes.kommune.no | ||
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Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and is a former steamship landing place. Other villages in Gjemnes include Torvikbukt, Flemma, Angvik, Gjemnes, Øre, and Osmarka.
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[edit] General information
The municipality of Gjemnes was established on 1 September 1893 when parts of Kvernes, Øre, and Frei were merged together. The initial population of the municipality was 934. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Øre (population: 1,565) and all of Tingvoll west of the Tingvollfjorden (population: 778) were merged together with Gjemnes (population: 697) to form a new, larger municipality of Gjemnes.[2]
[edit] Name
The municipality is named after the old Gjemnes farm (Old Norse: Gefnes), since the church was built there in 1893. The meaning of the first element is probably the old river name and the last element is nes which means "headlands".[3]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 November 1983. The arms show the head of a Red Deer on a green background. The green symbolizes the agricultural history of the community. The deer antlers have twelve points on it representing the twelve districts of Gjemnes.[4]
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has two parishes within the municipality of Gjemnes. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Indre Nordmøre.
| Parish (Sokn) |
Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
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| Gjemnes | Gjemnes kirke | 1893 | Gjemnes |
| Øre | Øre kirke | 1865 | Øre |
| Osmarka kapell | 1910 | Heggem |
[edit] Geography
The municipality lies along the Kvernesfjorden, Batnfjorden, Freifjorden, and Tingvollfjorden. The mountain Reinsfjellet lies near Torvikbukt. The island of Bergsøya is located at the junction of the fjords near the village of Gjemnes.
Gjemnes is surrounded by Kristiansund and Averøy to the north; Eide, Fræna, and Molde to the west; Nesset to the south; and Tingvoll to the east.
[edit] Transport
European Route E39 runs through the municipality and over the Gjemnessund Bridge and Bergsøysund Bridge connecting the municipality to Tingvoll. The Freifjord Tunnel runs from Bergsøya to nearby Frei (and ultimately Kristiansund).
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1908) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 354. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ "Familiens våpen" (in Norwegian). http://www.skuseth.no/karlk/vaapen/main-vaapen.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Norwegian)
Media related to Gjemnes at Wikimedia Commons- Møre og Romsdal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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