Tingvoll Municipality
| Tingvoll kommune | |||
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 Tingvoll within Møre og Romsdal |
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| Coordinates: 62°57′13″N 08°13′5″E / 62.95361°N 8.21806°ECoordinates: 62°57′13″N 08°13′5″E / 62.95361°N 8.21806°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Tingvollvågen | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Oliver Rønninghaug (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 336.92 km2 (130.09 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 321.78 km2 (124.24 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 15.14 km2 (5.85 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 261 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 3,116 | ||
| • Rank | 263 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -0.95 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Tingvollgjelding | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1560 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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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 Tingvollvågen. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, and Torjulvågen. The municipality covers a peninsula on the mainland as well as a few surrounding islands. Norwegian National Road 70 and European route E39 both run through the municipality.
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 municipality (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 Municipality. On 1 January 1880, the Torjulvågen area of Halsa Municipality (population: 240) was transferred to Tingvoll. On 1 January 1890, the Rausand area of Tingvoll (population: 101) was transferred to Nesset Municipality.
On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Straumsnes (population: 1,160) and the part of Frei Municipality 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 Municipality and the Åsprong-Sandnes area near Meisingset (population: 26) was transferred from Stangvik municipality to Tingvoll.
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