Smøla
| Smøla kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 63°24′7″N 8°1′45″E / 63.40194°N 8.02917°ECoordinates: 63°24′7″N 8°1′45″E / 63.40194°N 8.02917°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Hopen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | Roger Osen (AP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 281.82 km2 (108.81 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 270.44 km2 (104.42 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 11.38 km2 (4.39 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 285 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 2,143 | ||
| • Rank | 321 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -11.9 % | ||
| Demonym | Smølværing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1573 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.smola.kommune.no | ||
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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.
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[edit] General information
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.[2]
[edit] Name
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.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms show two seagulls, which are representative of an island community.[3]
- See also: Coat-of-Arms of Hasvik
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has three parishes within the municipality of Smøla. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Ytre Nordmøre.
| Parish (Sokn) |
Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
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| Brattvær | Brattvær kirke | 1917 | Brattvær |
| Edøy | Edøy kirke | 1885 | Edøy |
| Edøy gamle kirke | c. 1190 | Edøya | |
| Hopen | Hopen kirke | 1892 | Hopen |
[edit] Geography
Smøla is located north of Kristiansund and Tustna, it consists of one main island and more than 3,000 smaller ones. The 214-square-kilometre (83 sq mi) main island is very flat, the highest peak reaches 63 metres (207 ft) above sea level. Almost all of the land area consists of marshes and cliffs; only 5% is cultivated into agricultural land.
Scientists of the Institut of Geodesy and Geoinformationtechnique of the Technical University of Berlin were testing the antique maps of Ptolemy and recognized a pattern of calculation mistakes that occurred when one tried to convert the old coordinates from Ptolemy into modern cartographical maps. The scientists believe that, when one compensates for these mistakes, the mythological location Thule corresponds to Smøla.[4]
[edit] Energy
On 5 September 2002, Statkraft announced the opening of the Smøla Wind Farm, a 40 MW wind project comprising twenty 2 MW wind turbines by Norway's King Harald V. This corresponds to phase one of the wind project, which when completed will have a total installed capacity of more than 110 MW. Phase two was opened in September 2005 and included forty-eight 2.3 MW wind turbines. All in all, the wind energy production project consists of 68 windmills, making it among the largest wind projects in Europe. With a total generating capacity of 150 MW, the Smøla wind farm's 68 turbines account for more than half of the installed wind power capacity in Norway. The total generating capacity is equivalent to 450 GWh of electricity per year, which corresponds to the average annual power consumption of 22,500 Norwegian households.[5]
[edit] Attractions
- Veiholmen is a large fishing village, north of the main island.
- Kulisteinen (the Kuli stone), probably one of the best remains which tells about early Christianity in Norway. On one side it has a large cross, which was well known for a long time. Less well known was a runic inscription on the rim of the stone.
- Deep Sea Fishing is of course a part of the natural environment of Smøla - though you have to enter the deep, dark-blue surroundings of the island. If you are interested in deep sea fishing, Smøla provide excellent facilities, guided fishing trips and possibilities for renting fisherman’s boats and needed equipment.
You can expect to catch a large selection of deep sea fish in this area: herring, cod, redfish, perch, monkfish, Atlantic halibut, plaice, carp, char, mackerel, and others.
[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.
- ^ "Møre og Romsdal fylke" (in Norwegian). http://home.no.net/~thuridcs/Kommvpn/More-Romsdal/More-Roms-beskr.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ Template:Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch und Dieter Lelgemann: Germania und die Insel Thule. Die Entschlüsselung von Ptolemaios´ „Atlas der Oikumene“. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2010.
- ^ "http://www.statkraft.com/presscentre/news/statkraft-takes-over-smola-ll.aspx". Statkraft. 25 August 2010. http://www.statkraft.com/presscentre/news/statkraft-takes-over-smola-ll.aspx. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
[edit] External links
- Statkraft
- Veiholmen.com (Norwegian)
- Møre og Romsdal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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