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| Tingvoll kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°57′13″N 8°13′5″E / 62.95361°N 8.21806°ECoordinates: 62°57′13″N 8°13′5″E / 62.95361°N 8.21806°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Tingvoll | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Ole Morten Sørvik (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 336.92 km2 (130.1 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 321.78 km2 (124.2 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 15.14 km2 (5.8 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 261 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 3,071 | ||
| • Rank | 263 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 9.5/km2 (24.6/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -2.4 % | ||
| Demonym | Tingvollgjelding[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1560 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.tingvoll.kommune.no | ||
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Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvoll. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, and Torjulvågen.
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[edit] General information
Tingvoll was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1866, the northern part of the municipality (population: 1,222) was separated to form the new municipality of Straumsnes. On 1 January 1874, a part of Stangvik (population: 61) was transferred to Tingvoll. On 1 January 1877, the Tiltereidet and Meisalstranden part of Tingvoll (population: 212) on the west side of the Sunndalsfjorden was transferred to Nesset. On 1 January 1880, the Torjulvågen area of Halsa (population: 240) was transferred to Tingvoll. On 1 January 1890, the Rausand area of Tingvoll (population: 101) was transferred to Nesset.
On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Straumsnes (population: 1,160) and the part of Frei on the island of Aspøya (population: 147) were merged into Tingvoll. On 1 January 1965, the part of Tingvoll located on the western side of the Tingvollfjorden (population: 778) was transferred to Gjemnes and the Åsprong-Sandnes area near Meisingset (population: 26) was transferred from Stangvik to Tingvoll.[2]
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Tingvoll farm (Old Norse: Þingvǫllr), since the first church was built there. The first element is þing which means "thing" or "assembly" and the last element is vǫllr which means "meadow" (so Tingvoll means "meeting place"). Before 1918, the name was written Tingvold.[3]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 7 September 1984. The arms show five oak leaves, one for each of the villages in the municipality: Tingvoll, Straumsnes, Gyl, Torhjulvågen, and Meisingset. The oak leaves are chosen as a symbol for the municipality as Norway's northernmost oak forests can be found in the municipality.[4]
- See also: the coats-of-arms of Eigersund, Nedre Eiker, Songdalen, and Øvre Eiker
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has two parishes within the municipality of Tingvoll. 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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| Tingvoll | Tingvoll kirke | c. 1180 | Tingvoll |
| Straumsnes | Straumsnes kirke | 1864 | Straumsnes |
| Langøy kapell | 1935 | Langøya |
[edit] History
Eight or nine centuries ago, Tingvoll was the site of the Nordmøre Ting. There was a flat field there, which in Norwegian is called voll. It was here that meetings were held, called ting, thus the name Tingvoll. The name has the same origin as the "English" towns of Dingwall and Tynwald, as well as Þingvellir in Iceland.
Tingvoll church, also known as the Nordmøre Cathedral (Nordmørsdomen), was built around 1180 at the village of Tingvoll.
[edit] Geography
Tingvoll is a peninsula surrounded by the Tingvollfjorden, Freifjorden, Halsafjorden, and Trongfjorden. It also includes the island of Aspøya. The Bergsøysund Bridge (part of the E39 highway) connects Aspøya to the island of Bergsøya.
[edit] Eco-municipality
Tingvoll has been a self declared Eco-municipality since 1990, when the municipal council (Kommunestyre) signed the declaration. The movement of eco-municipalities started among rural municipalities in Finland and later in Sweden in the 1980s. The idea was to inspire local economic and cultural development within a sustainable framework. In Tingvoll, the work started with a program for environmental education of the members of the council and the executive officers. The schools adapted national programs for environmental education.
A main part of the early years of eco-municipality, was the program for composting waste from the households. A new type of insulated bin was developed (Hagakompen) to assure composting could handle meat and fish waste, and work well in wintertime as well.
The Bioforsk Organic Food and Farming Division is located at Tingvoll.
[edit] Sister cities
Tingvoll has sister city agreements with the following places:
[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. 370. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/t/tingvoll.htm. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
[edit] External links
- Regional tourist information
Media related to Tingvoll at Wikimedia Commons- Møre og Romsdal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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