Tingvoll
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| County | Møre og Romsdal | |
| District | Nordmøre | |
| Municipality | NO-1560 | |
| Administrative centre | Tingvoll | |
| Mayor (2003) | Kristin Marie Sørheim (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 261 337 km² 322 km² 0.10 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 263 3,120 0.07 % -8.1 % 10/km² |
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| www.tingvoll.kommune.no |
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Tingvoll is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1984). It shows five oak leaves. (The northernmost oakwood in the World lies in the municipality.)
[edit] History
Eight or nine centuries ago Tingvoll was the capital of Nordmøre[citation needed]. 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.
Tingvoll church, also known as the Nordmøre Cathedral (Nordmørsdomen), was built at the end of the Viking age between 1150 and1200.
| Municipalities of Møre og Romsdal |  |
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Aukra | Aure | Averøy | Eide | Frei | Fræna | Giske | Gjemnes | Halsa | Haram | Hareid | Herøy | Kristiansund | Midsund | Molde | Nesset | Norddal | Rauma | Rindal | Sande | Sandøy | Skodje | Smøla | Stordal | Stranda | Sula | Sunndal | Surnadal | Sykkylven | Tingvoll | Ulstein | Vanylven | Vestnes | Volda | Ørskog | Ørsta | Ålesund |
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