Rindal
| Rindal kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 63°2′32″N 9°17′22″E / 63.04222°N 9.28944°ECoordinates: 63°2′32″N 9°17′22″E / 63.04222°N 9.28944°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Rindal | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | John Ole Aspli (AP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 631.84 km2 (244 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 611.10 km2 (235.9 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 20.74 km2 (8 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 175 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 2,041 | ||
| • Rank | 334 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -4.5 % | ||
| Demonym | Rindaling[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1567 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.rindal.kommune.no | ||
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Rindal is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Rindal is the only landlocked municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The lakes Foldsjøen and Gråsjøen lie along the border with Surnadal to the southwest.[2]
The village of Rindal is located in the central part of the municipality. The 1.03-square-kilometre (250-acre) village has a population (2009) of 674. The population density of the village is 654 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,690 /sq mi).[3]
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[edit] General information
The municipality of Rindal was established in 1858 when it was separated from Surnadal. The initial population of Rindal was 2,684.[4] On 1 January 2008, the Fossdalen farm (population: 4) was transferred from Rindal (in Møre og Romsdal county) to Hemne (in Sør-Trøndelag county).[5]
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Rindal farm (Old Norse: Rindudalr), since the first church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Rinda and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The river name is derived from the verb rinna which means to "run" or "flow". Before 1918, the name was written Rindalen also people from rindal norway all have he same last name and in some cases the last name was changed during immigration to america in ellis island..[6]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 January 1989. The arms show a yellow gavel on a green background. The gavel is meant to represent John Neergaard, who is considered the father of municipal governments in Norway, (formannskapets far), who was from Rindal.[7]
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish within the municipality of Rindal. 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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| Rindal | Rindal kirke | 1874 | Rindal |
| Øvre Rindal kapell | 1911 | Rindalsskogen |
[edit] Notable residents
- Ola T. Heggem (born 1952), politician for the Centre Party
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Rindal" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Rindal. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2009). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.". http://www.ssb.no/beftett_en/tab-2009-06-16-01-en.html.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "1567 Rindal. Population 1 January and population changes during the year. 1951-" (in Norwegian). http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/1567.html.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1908) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 423. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ "Kommunevåpenet til Rindal kommune". Rindal Kommune. http://www.rindal.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?AId=209&back=1&MId1=493&MId2=500. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
[edit] External links
Media related to Rindal at Wikimedia Commons- Møre og Romsdal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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