Sunndal
| Sunndal kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°36′46″N 8°38′3″E / 62.61278°N 8.63417°ECoordinates: 62°36′46″N 8°38′3″E / 62.61278°N 8.63417°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Sunndalsøra | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2009) | Ståle Refsti (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,713.41 km2 (661.6 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,647.90 km2 (636.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 65.51 km2 (25.3 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 40 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 7,289 | ||
| • Rank | 137 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11.4/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -1.1 % | ||
| Demonym | Sunndaling[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1563 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.sunndal.kommune.no | ||
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Sunndal (help·info) is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Jordalsgrenda, Øksendalsøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Ålvund, and Gjøra.
With an area of 1,712 square kilometres (661 sq mi) it is the largest municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The important occupations in Sunndal include industry (with Hydro Aluminium Sunndal as the biggest employer), public services, retail, and farming.
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[edit] General information
Sunndal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The northern part of the municipality was separated in 1854 as the new municipality of Øksendal. On 1 January 1960, Ålvundeid (which was originally a part of Øksendal) and Øksendal were merged back into Sunndal. On 1 January 1965, the Ålvund-Ålvundfjord area of Stangvik (population: 508) was transferred to Sunndal.[2]
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Sunndalr. The first element is sunnr which means "southern" and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Before 1870, the name was written Sunddalen (or Sunndalen); during the period from 1870–1917, it was spelled Sundalen; and since 1918, it has been spelled Sunndal.[3]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 12 April 1983. The arms show a Norwegian wormwood (Artemisia norvegica) plant. This species has its main European distribution in Sunndal and Oppdal in the Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park and in Trollheimen landscape protected area. Small populations also in Ryfylke, Scotland, and the Ural Mountains, with another subspecies in the mountains of Northern America. It can be found in abundance in many places in the mountains of Sunndal well above tree line.[4]
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has four parishes within the municipality of Sunndal. 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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| Hov | Hov kirke | 1887 | Sunndalsøra |
| Romfo | Romfo kirke | 1821 | Romfo |
| Gjøra kapell | 1935 | Gjøra | |
| Øksendal | Øksendal kirke | 1894 | Øksendalsøra |
| Ålvundeid | Ålvundeid kirke | 1848 | Ålvundeid |
[edit] Geography
Sunndal is bordered on the west by Nesset and Tingvoll, on the north by Surnadal, on the east by Oppdal, Sør-Trøndelag and on the south by Lesja, Oppland.
In the southern part of the municipality lies the Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park, home to a plentiful amount of impressive muskox. In the northern part is the Trollheimen and Innerdalen landscape protection areas.
The municipality centers around the Sunndalsfjord and the river Driva. There are also many towering mountains including: Trolla, Storskrymten, Vinnufjellet (with peaks Dronningkrona and Kongskrona), Innerdalstårnet, Såtbakkollen, Skarfjellet, and Vassnebba. The Vinnufossen waterfall lies near the river Driva.
[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. 388. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ "Kommunevåpen Sunndal" (in Norwegian). Sunndal Kommune. http://www.sunndal.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?AId=831&back=1&MId1=21&MId2=459. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
[edit] External links
Media related to Sunndal at Wikimedia Commons- Møre og Romsdal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Sunndalsnett (Norwegian)
- Culture in Sunndal on the map from Kulturnett.no (Norwegian)
- Sunndal kommune (Municipality of Sunndal) (Norwegian)
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