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Gjemnes (village)
Gjemnes is a village in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the southern part of a small peninsula surrounded by the Kvernesfjorden to the north and the Batnfjorden to the south. The village sits along the European route E39 at the western end of the Gjemnessund Bridge (which is part of the network of bridges and tunnels that connect the town of Kristiansund to the mainland. The municipal centre of Batnfjordsøra lies about to the southwest, at the end of the fjord. Gjemnes Municipality is named after this village because that is where Gjemnes Church is located, and it is the main church for the municipality and parish. Media gallery Gjemnesbrua-Norway.JPG, Gjemnessund Bridge Gjemnes-Reinsfjellet-norway.jpg, Gjemnes village, looking towards Reinsfjellet Gjemnes-kirke-Norway.JPG, Gjemnes Church Gjemnes Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Mapping Authority
The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) () is Norway's national mapping agency, dealing with land surveying, geodesy Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the Figure of the Earth, geometry, Gravity of Earth, gravity, and Earth's rotation, spatial orientation of the Earth in Relative change, temporally varying Three-dimensional spac ..., hydrographic surveying, cadastre and cartography. The current director is Johnny Welle. Its headquarters are in Hønefoss in Ringerike Municipality. It is a public agency under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. NMA was founded in 1773. The Norwegian Mapping Authority participates in research and development and cooperates with Norwegian industry and other government agencies in areas such as export-oriented measures. Tasks The NMA carries out the following tasks: *Define frameworks, methodologies and specifications for the Norwegian Spatial Data Infrastructure *Administrator and drivin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinsfjellet
Reinsfjellet is a mountain in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tall mountain is the third tallest mountain in the municipality. It is located on the Romsdal peninsula about southeast of the village of Torvikbukt and the Batnfjorden. The village of Heggem lies to the southwest and Angvika lies to the southeast. There is a road that goes all the way to the top, where there is a communications tower for radio and television. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than . The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ... References Mountains of Møre og Romsdal Gjemnes {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjemnes Church
Gjemnes Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjemnes (village), Gjemnes, along the Batnfjorden. It is the church for the Gjemnes parish which is part of the Indre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1893 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 310 people. History The new parish of Gjemnes was established in 1893 when Gjemnes Municipality was created. This is also when the first church here was built. The church was designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and it was one of his last since he died in 1892 and the plans he draw were not actually used until 1893 when the church was built. The wooden long church has a tower on the west end and a pair of Sacristy, sacristies on either side of the Choir (architecture), choir. Media gallery Gjemnes-kirke-alter-hh.jpg, Altar Gjemnes-kirke-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batnfjordsøra
Batnfjordsøra is the administrative centre of Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Batnfjorden at the mouth of the river Batnfjordelva. European Route E39 passes through the village on its way from Molde to Trondheim. The village has a population (2024) of 367 and a population density of . The village of Gjemnes lies about to the northeast, along the north side of the fjord, and the village of Torvikbukt lies about to the northeast along the south side of the fjord. The village of Øre lies about halfway between Torvikbukt and Batnfjordsøra. Heading southwest along E39, you will get to the village of Hjelset and the larger town of Molde Molde () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the seat of Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Pen .... References {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiansund (town)
Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located on the islands of Kirklandet, Innlandet (island), Innlandet, and Nordlandet in the Nordmøre region of the county. The town has a population (2024) of 18,337 and a population density of . Kristiansund is one of the most densely populated cities of Norway, having what is arguably the country's most urban small city centre, due to the relatively small size of the islands on which it is built and the very constricted central harbour/town area of Kirklandet. Etymology The town, formerly spelled ''Christianssund'', was named after the Denmark-Norway, Danish-Norwegian King Christian VI of Denmark, Christian VI in 1742. The last element of the name, ''sund'', means "strait". The old name of the town/village (originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjemnessund Bridge
The Gjemnessund Bridge () is a suspension bridge that crosses the Gjemnessundet strait between the mainland and the island of Bergsøya in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge was the longest suspension bridge in Norway until the opening of the Hardanger Bridge in 2013, although it did not have the longest span (), being eclipsed by the Askøy Bridge. Gjemnessund Bridge was opened in 1992, and has 21 spans with a maximum clearance to the sea of . It was built as part of the Krifast project, the mainland road connection of the city of Kristiansund (along with the Freifjord Tunnel and the Bergsøysund Bridge). Many bridges slowly deteriorate and need to be repaired because the salty seawater damages the concrete and the iron inside it. The Gjemnessund Bridge has had a problem with seabirds, whose manure contain salt and ammonia. The salt and ammonia damages the concrete. To prevent this, the bridge is cleaned, and the critical parts of the concre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E39
European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in Europe. In Trondheim, there are connections to European route E6, E6 and European route E14, E14; in Ålesund, to European route E136, E136, in Bergen to European route E16, E16, in Haugesund, to European route E134, E134, in Kristiansand to European route E18, E18, and in Aalborg to European route E45, E45. Norwegian part In Norway, the E39 is part of the Norwegian national road system, and is as such developed and maintained by the public roads administration. The E39 is mostly a two-lane undivided road, and only relatively short sections near Stavanger, Trondheim and Bergen are motorways or limited-access road#Norway, semi-motorways. Trøndelag county ;Trondheim Municipality * towards Oslo and Trondheim (city), Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batnfjorden
Batnfjorden is a fjord in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord begins at the village of Batnfjordsøra, the municipal center of Gjemnes Municipality, and runs to the northeast toward the island of Bergsøya, where it joins the Tingvollfjorden. Other villages on the shores of the fjord include Gjemnes, Torvikbukt, and Øre. The European route E39 highway runs along the northern shore of the fjord. The river Batnfjordelva flows into this fjord. See also * List of Norwegian fjords This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands. The sortable list includes the lengths and locations of those fjords. Fjords See also * List of gla ... References Gjemnes Fjords of Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvernesfjorden
Kvernesfjorden is a fjord between the municipalities of Gjemnes, Kristiansund, Averøy, and Hustadvika in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is about long. The fjord begins at the end of the Kornstadfjorden near the village of Eide and runs to the northeast between the island of Averøya and the north shore of the Romsdal peninsula. It then turns to the north around the end of the island of Averøya where it connects to the Bremsnesfjorden. The fjord name comes from the village of Kvernes (and the old Kvernes Municipality) since that is where the old Kvernes Stave Church is located. The village lies along the eastern entrance to the fjord. See also * List of Norwegian fjords This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands. The sortable list includes the lengths and locations of those fjords. Fjords See also * List of gla ... References Fjords of Møre og Romsd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Norway
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative purpose. However, in 2017 the government decided to abolish the current counties of Norway () and to replace them with fewer, larger administrative regions (). The first of these new areas came into existence on 1 January 2018, when Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag merged to form Trøndelag. According to most definitions, the counties of Norway are divided into the following regions (these groupings are approximate): * Northern Norway (/) ** Troms **Finnmark ** Nordland * Trøndelag (alt. /) ** Trøndelag * Western Norway () ** Møre og Romsdal **Vestland ** Rogaland * Southern Norway (/) ** Agder * Eastern Norway (/) ** Vestfold ** Telemark **Buskerud ** Akershus ** Østfold ** Innlandet **Oslo The division into regions is, by convention, based on geographical and also dialectical differences, but it also follows the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
