Halsa Municipality
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 Halsa within Møre og Romsdal |
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| Coordinates: 63°6′50″N 8°28′13″E / 63.11389°N 8.47028°ECoordinates: 63°6′50″N 8°28′13″E / 63.11389°N 8.47028°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Liabøen | ||
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| • Mayor (2007) | Ola Rognskog (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 301.02 km2 (116.22 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 292.77 km2 (113.04 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 278 in Norway | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 1,606 | ||
| • Rank | 355 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -8.5 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Halsabygg | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1571 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Halsa is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of Halsa is the village of Liabøen. Other villages in the municipality include Halsanaustan, Valsøyfjord, Engan, Hjellnes, and Valsøybotnen.
Halsa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1868, an unpopulated area of Halsa was transferred to Straumsnes. On 1 January 1879, a part of Halsa (population: 279) was transferred to Stangvik. The next year, the Torjulvågen area (population: 240) across the Halsafjorden was transferred to Tingvoll Municipality. On 1 July 1915, part of southern Halsa (population: 114) was transferred to Åsskard Municipality. On 1 January 1965, all of the municipality Valsøyfjord that was located on the mainland (population: 1,104) was merged into Halsa. On 1 January 1976, the district of Aure Municipality south of the Vinjefjorden (population: 158) was transferred to Halsa Municipality.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Halsa farm (Old Norse: Hǫlsyinjar), since the first church (Halsa Church) was built there. The first element is hals which means "neck" and the last element is the plural form of vin which means "meadow" or "pasture". Here, the word hals is referring to an isthmus (neck of land) between two fjords: Halsafjorden and the Skålvik Fjord. Before 1918, the name was written "Halse".
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