Tingvoll

Tingvoll

Infobox_Kommune
name=Tingvoll
idnumber=1560
county=Møre og Romsdal
landscape=Nordmøre
capital=Tingvoll
governor=Ole Morten Sørvik (H)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=261
area=337
arealand=322
areapercent=0.10
population_as_of=2008
populationrank=263
population=3,082
populationpercent=0.07
populationdensity=10
populationincrease=-0.4
language=Neutral
lat_deg=62| lat_min=57| lat_sec=13| lon_deg=8| lon_min=13| lon_sec=5
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6980690 |utm_easting=0460339| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.tingvoll.kommune.no

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

Tingvoll was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Straumsnes was separated from Tingvoll in 1866, but it was again merged with Tingvoll in 1964.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Tingvoll (Old Norse "Þingvöllr"), since the first church was built there. The first element is "þing" n 'thing, assembly', the last element is "völlr" m 'meadow; meeting place'.

Until 1918 the name was written "Tingvold".

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.)

History

Eight or nine centuries ago Tingvoll was the capital of NordmøreFact|date=February 2007. 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", the same origin as the "English" Dingwall and Tynwald, as well as Þingvellir in Iceland.

Tingvoll church, also known as the Nordmøre Cathedral ("Nordmørsdomen"), was built around 1180.

Eco-municipality

Tingvoll has been a self declared Eco-municipality since 1990, when the municipal council "(Kommunestyre)" signed the declaration. The movement of eco-municipalitys started among rural municipalities in Finland and later in Sweden in the 1980s. The idea was to inspire local economic and cultural development within a sustainable framework. In Tingvoll the work started with a program for environmetal education of the memebers of the council and the excecutive officers. The scools adapted national programs for enviromnetal education.

A main part of the early years of eco-municipality, was the program for composting waste from the households. A new type of insulated bin was developed (Hagakompen) to assure composting could handle meat and fish waste, and work well in wintertime as well.

The Bioforsk Organic Food and Farming Division is located at Tingvoll

Tingvoll has a town of friendship in Tanzania named Bunda in Bunda District.

External links

* [http://www.tingvoll.net/ny//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1416&Itemid=544 tingvoll.net with some local information in english]
* [http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Stories/Norway/West/Kristiansund-Nordmore/ Visit Nordmøre, regional tourist information]


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