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Gjemnes kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms of Gjemnes kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Gjemnes kommune
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Gjemnes within Møre og Romsdal
Gjemnes within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°54′59″N 7°55′9″E / 62.91639, 7.91917
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Municipality ID NO-1557
Administrative centre Batnfjordsøra
Government
 - Mayor (2007) Knut Sjømæling (Sp)
Area (Nr. ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. Norway is divided into a number of traditional Districts Many districts have deep historical roots and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties Nordmøre (North- Møre) is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. Batnfjordsøra is the administrative centre of Gjemnes municipality Norway. The Centre Party ( Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist and agrarian Norwegian Political party founded in 1920 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 245 in Norway)
 - Total 382 km² (147. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of sq mi)
 - Land 371 km² (143. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 2 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 - Total 2,650
 - Density 7/km² (18. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 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]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.gjemnes.kommune.no

Gjemnes is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Romsdal Peninsula ( Norwegian Romsdalshalvøya) is a 1560 km² peninsula located in the landscape Romsdal in Møre og Romsdal county

The municipality was created September 1, 1893 (from parts of Kvernes, Øre and Frei). Kvernes is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county Norway Øre is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county Norway Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. 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. Batnfjordsøra is the administrative centre of Gjemnes municipality Norway. Batnfjord is a Fjord in Gjemnes municipality of Møre og Romsdal county Norway. Other villages are Torvikbukt, Flemma, Angvik, Gjemnes and Osmarka. Torvikbukt is a village placed in Gjemnes Municipality, Nordmøre district and Møre og Romsdal county at the west-coast of Norway Angvik is a small village in West- Norway, located at the Tingvollfjord.

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'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1983). It shows the head of a Red deer. The Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest Deer species

(See also the coat-of-arms of Hitra, Hjartdal and Voss. Not to be confused with Hirta or Hidra Hitra is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Hjartdal is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Voss )


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