Gjemnes Municipality
| Gjemnes kommune | |||
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 Gjemnes within Møre og Romsdal |
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| Coordinates: 62°54′59″N 7°55′9″E / 62.91639°N 7.91917°ECoordinates: 62°54′59″N 7°55′9″E / 62.91639°N 7.91917°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Batnfjordsøra | ||
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| • 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 |
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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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