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Gjemnes

Gjemnes kommune
Municipality
Torvikbukt-Gjemnes.jpg
Coat of arms of Gjemnes kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Gjemnes kommune
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Gjemnes within Møre og Romsdal
Gjemnes within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°54′59″N 7°55′9″E / 62.91639°N 7.91917°E / 62.91639; 7.91917Coordinates: 62°54′59″N 7°55′9″E / 62.91639°N 7.91917°E / 62.91639; 7.91917
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Administrative centre Batnfjordsøra
Government
 • Mayor (2011) Odd Steinar Bjerkeset (KrF)
Area
 • Total 381.99 km2 (147.49 sq mi)
 • Land 371.42 km2 (143.41 sq mi)
 • Water 10.57 km2 (4.08 sq mi)
Area rank 245 in Norway
Population (2012)
 • Total 2,557
 • Rank 295 in Norway
 • Density 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -3.1 %
Demonym(s) Gjemnesing
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1557
Official language form Neutral
Website www.gjemnes.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and it is a former steamship landing place. Other villages in Gjemnes include Torvikbukt, Flemma, Angvika, Gjemnes, Øre, and Osmarka.

The municipality of Gjemnes was established on 1 September 1893 when parts of the municipalities of Kvernes, Øre, and Frei were merged. The initial population of the municipality was 934. On 1 January 1965, Øre Municipality (population: 1,565) and all of Tingvoll Municipality west of the Tingvollfjorden (population: 778) were merged with Gjemnes (population: 697) to form a new, larger municipality of Gjemnes.

The municipality is named after the old Gjemnes farm (Old Norse: *Gímnes), since Gjemnes Church was built there in 1893. The meaning of the first element is probably an old river name (*Gíma), the last element is nes which means "headland".


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