Ørskog

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Ørskog kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Ørskog within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°28′44″N 6°53′7″E / 62.47889, 6.88528
Country	Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Sunnmøre
Municipality ID	NO-1523
Administrative centre	Sjøholt
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Sigmund Stene (H)
Area (Nr. 368 in Norway)
- Total	129 km² (49.8 sq mi)
- Land	126 km² (48.6 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	2,093
- Density	17/km² (44/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	5.4 %
- Rank in Norway	335
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Nynorsk
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.orskog.kommune.no

Ørskog is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Ørskog was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The municipality of Sykkylven was separated from Ørskog August 1, 1883. The municipalities of Skodje and Stordal was merged with Ørskog January 1, 1965—but these were again separated from Ørskog January 1, 1977.

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Ørskog (Old Norse Øyraskógr), since the first church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of øyrr f 'sand bank', the last element is skógr m 'wood, forest'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1983). It shows a wooden pole on ermine (to represent forestry and fur farming).

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