Gjemnes

Infobox_Kommune
name=Gjemnes
idnumber=1557
county=Møre og Romsdal
landscape=Nordmøre
capital=Batnfjordsøra
governor=Knut Sjømæling (Sp)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=245
area=382
arealand=371
areapercent=0.12
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=295
population=2,650
populationpercent=0.06
populationdensity=7
populationincrease=-4.8
demonym=Gjemnesing
language=Neutral
lat_deg=62| lat_min=54| lat_sec=59| lon_deg=7| lon_min=55| lon_sec=9
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6976737 |utm_easting=0445104| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.gjemnes.kommune.no

Gjemnes is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula.

The municipality was created on September 1, 1893 (from parts of Kvernes, Øre and Frei). The rest of Øre was merged with Gjemnes on 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.

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.

(See also the coat-of-arms of Hitra, Hjartdal and Voss.)

External links

* [http://www.gjemnes.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?AId=1&back=1&MId1=4 Official website] (Norwegian)