Gjemnes
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| Gjemnes kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1557 | ||
| Administrative centre | Batnfjordsøra | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Knut Sjømæling (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 245 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 382 km² (147.5 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 371 km² (143.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,650 | ||
| - Density | 7/km² (18.1/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -4.8 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 295 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Demonym | Gjemnesing[1] | ||
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| Website: www.gjemnes.kommune.no | |||
Gjemnes is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula.
The municipality was created September 1, 1893 (from parts of Kvernes, Øre and Frei). The rest of Øre was merged with Gjemnes January 1, 1965.
The administrative centre is Batnfjordsøra, which has about 1000 inhabitants; Batnfjordsøra lies on the Batnfjord and is a former steamship landing place. Other villages are Torvikbukt, Flemma, Angvik, Gjemnes and Osmarka.
[edit] The name
The municipality is named after the farm Gjemnes ("Gemnese" 1435), since the church was built there in 1893. The meaning of the first element is unknown (maybe an old rivername), the last element is nes n 'headland'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1983). It shows the head of a Red deer.
(See also the coat-of-arms of Hitra, Hjartdal and Voss.)
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