Stordal
| Stordal kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°23′24″N 7°6′38″E / 62.39°N 7.11056°ECoordinates: 62°23′24″N 7°6′38″E / 62.39°N 7.11056°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Sunnmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Stordal | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Charles Tøsse (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 247.06 km2 (95.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 243.62 km2 (94.1 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 3.44 km2 (1.3 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 305 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 1,030 | ||
| • Rank | 404 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (10.9/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -2.1 % | ||
| Demonym | Stordaling[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1526 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www.stordal.kommune.no | ||
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Stordal is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stordal. The historic farm of Ytste Skotet lies along the Storfjord in the western part of the municipality.
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[edit] General information
Stordal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1892 when it was separated from Stranda. The initial population of the municipality was 850. Stordal was briefly merged with the neighboring municipality of Ørskog on 1 January 1965, but was separated from it on 1 January 1977.[2]
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Stóladalr. The first element is the plural genitive case of stóll which means "chair" and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Two mountains around the valley have the name Stolen ("the chair"). Before 1918, the name was written Stordalen.[3]
[edit] Settlers in Iceland
Some people from Stordal settled in Iceland and used Stordal as their last name. The Stordal family is quite known in Iceland but the siblings Sigurður Kristinn Stórdal and Lovísa Stórdal are with out a doubt most known Stordal alive nowadays. They are descendants of Egill "Sterki" Stórdal and Ásgerður "Fagra" Stórdal, Egill and his wife became farmer in Stordal (today known as Skorradalur in Borgarfjörður).
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 August 1991. The arms show a pale, which symbolises the forestry and furniture manufacturing in the municipality, which traditionally uses a dove-tail system to join two pieces of wood. The same symbol also indicates the strong community feeling in the villages.[4]
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish with one church, within the municipality of Stordal. There is also the old church, Rosekyrkja, which is now a museum. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Austre Sunnmøre.
| Parish | Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
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| Stordal | Stordal kyrkje | 1907 | Stordal |
| Rosekyrkja (Stordal gamle kyrkje)* | 1789 | Stordal | |
| *The Rosekyrkja has been a museum church since 1908. | |||
[edit] Industry
Stordal has been home to a rich history within furniture production and continues to deliver excellence within the industry today.
[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. 134. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/stordal.htm. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
[edit] External links
Media related to Stordal at Wikimedia Commons- Møre og Romsdal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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