Sande, Møre og Romsdal

Sande kommune
—  Municipality  —
View of the Rovdefjorden (Sande is to the left)
Sande within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Administrative centre Larsnes
Government
 • Mayor (2007) Dag Vaagen (H)
Area
 • Total 93.13 km2 (36 sq mi)
 • Land 90.10 km2 (34.8 sq mi)
 • Water 3.03 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Area rank 392 in Norway
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,518
 • Rank 297 in Norway
 • Density 27.9/km2 (72.3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -18.3 %
Demonym Sandeværing[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1514
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.sande-mr.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Sande is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Larsnes on the island of Gurskøya.

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General information

Sande was established as a municipality on 1 January 1867 when it was separated from Herøy. The initial population was 2,493. On 1 January 1873, a part of Sande with 362 residents were transferred back to Herøy. On 1 January 1889, the Eksund area and the island of Ekø (population: 119) were transferred to Herøy.

On 1 January 1905, the district of Rovde was separated from Sande to form a separate municipality. This left Sande with 2,221 residents. On 1 January 1964, the northern part of the municipality of Rovde (population: 562) plus three farms in the Gurskedalen valley (population: 25) were merged together with Sande. The new municipality had a population of 3,465. On 1 January 2002, the Åram area (population: 380) on the mainland was transferred from Sande to Vanylven.[2][3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Sande farm (Old Norse: Sandr), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word sandr which means "sand" or "sandy beach". Before 1892, the name was written Sandø.[4]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. The arms show a line buoy that was historically used by fishermen in the municipality.[5]

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes within the municipality of Sande. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Søre Sunnmøre.

Churches in Sande
Parish
(Sogn)		 Church Name Year Built Location
of the Church
Sande Sande kyrkje 1880 Sande
Gursken Gursken kyrkje 1919 Gursken
Larsnes kapell 1989 Larsnes

Geography

Sande is composed of many islands including Sandøya, Kvamsøya, Voksa, Riste, and part of Gurskøya (which is shared with Herøy).

Famous residents

References

  1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/. 
  2. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 
  3. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "1511 Vanylven. Population 1 January and population changes during the year. 1951-" (in Norwegian). http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/1511.html. 
  4. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1908) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 18. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ. 
  5. ^ "Møre og Romsdal fylke" (in Norwegian). http://home.no.net/~thuridcs/Kommvpn/More-Romsdal/More-Roms-beskr.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 

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