Haram, Norway
| Haram kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°34′3″N 6°22′20″E / 62.5675°N 6.37222°ECoordinates: 62°34′3″N 6°22′20″E / 62.5675°N 6.37222°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Sunnmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Brattvåg | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Bjørn Sandnes (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 260.58 km2 (100.6 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 253.75 km2 (98 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 6.83 km2 (2.6 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 295 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 8,739 | ||
| • Rank | 119 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 34.4/km2 (89.1/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -0.4 % | ||
| Demonym | Harams-mann Harams-kvinne[1] |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1534 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www.haram.kommune.no | ||
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Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, Helle, Longva, Søvik, Tennfjord, and Vatne.
Brattvåg IL is a sports club based in the municipality. Tennfjord Mannskor is a male choir from the village of Tennfjord. The Ulla lighthouse is located at the north end of Haramsøya.
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[edit] General information
Haram was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The district of Roald was separated from Haram on 1 January 1890 to form a municipality of its own. This left 1,956 people left in Haram. On 1 January 1965, the Myklebost area on Harøya island and some smaller islands to the west of there (population: 287) were merged into the neighboring municipality of Sandøy. Also on that date most of the municipality of Vatne (population: 2,260) and the Søvik area of Borgund (population: 1,191) were merged together with Haram to form a new, larger municipality of Haram.[2]
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Haram farm (Old Norse: Harhamarr), since the first church was built there. The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is hamarr which means "rocky hill". Before 1889, the name was written Harham.[3]
[edit] Coat of arms
The coat of arms is from modern times. It was granted on 7 August 1987. The arms show three waves in blue with a silver background.[4]
[edit] Dialect
The dialect of the district was well-known for its practice of H-dropping and the old and traditional pronunciation of the name of the municipality was [a:ram].
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has five parishes within the municipality of Haram. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Nordre Sunnmøre.
| Parish (Sokn) |
Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
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| Haram | Haram kyrkje | 1838 | Austnes |
| Lepsøy kapell | 1896 | Lepsøya | |
| Fjørtoft | Fjørtoft kyrkje | 1878 | Fjørtofta |
| Vatne | Vatne kyrkje | 1868 | Vatne |
| Hamnsund | Hamnsund kyrkje | 1875 | just south of Søvik |
| Brattvåg | Brattvåg kyrkje | 1977 | Brattvåg |
| Hildre kyrkje | 1905 | Hildrestranda |
[edit] Geography
The municipality of Haram includes many islands including Bjørnøya, Fjørtofta, Haramsøya, Løvsøya, Skuløya, and Terøya. The islands of Bjørnøya and Terøya are connected to the mainland via causeways. The islands of Haramsøya and Skuløya are connected together with the Ullasund Bridge. The rest of the islands have ferry connections to the mainland. The Haramsfjorden, Vatnefjorden, and Romsdalsfjorden all flow through the municipality.
[edit] Media gallery
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Hildrestranda church near Brattvåg
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Hamnsund church near Søvik
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View of Brattvåg village
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View of Lepsøya island
[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. 206. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ "Kommunevåpenet - "Bølgje II"" (in Norwegian). Haram kommune. http://www.haram.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=391&AId=256. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
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