Straumsnes is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1866 until its dissolution in 1964. It included the northern part of the Tingvoll peninsula, the eastern part of the island of Aspøya, Tingvoll, Aspøya, and several surrounding islands in the northern part of the present-day Tingvoll Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Straumsnes, Møre og Romsdal, Straumsnes where the Straumsnes Church is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 484th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Straumsnes Municipality was the 587th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,160. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 5.9% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

On 1 January 1866, the prestegjeld, parish of Straumsnes was separated from Tingvoll Municipality to become the new Straumsnes Municipality. The initial population of Straumsnes was 1,222. On 1 January 1868, an uninhabited district of Halsa Municipality was transferred to Straumsnes Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Straumsnes Municipality (population: 1,160), the part of Frei Municipality on the island of Aspøya, Tingvoll, Aspøya (population: 147), and Tingvoll Municipality (population: 3,356) were merged into a new, larger Tingvoll Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the prestegjeld, parish) is named ''Straumsnes''. The first element is which means "stream" or "Current (hydrology), current/tide". This part comes from old ''Strøm'' farm (), now part of the village of Kanestraum. The last element is which means "headland". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Strømsneset''. On 3 November 1917, a royal decree, royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Straumsnes'', changing the vowel spelling and removing the Definite article, definite form ending ''-et''.

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish () within Straumsnes Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Tingvoll prestegjeld and the Indre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Geography

The municipality was located at the northern end of the Straumsnes peninsula. It was surrounded by the Halsafjorden, Vinjefjorden, Freifjorden, and Tingvollfjorden (Møre og Romsdal), Tingvollfjorden. Tingvoll Municipality was located to the south and Frei Municipality was to the west. Tustna Municipality was to the north (across a fjord) and Halsa Municipality was to the east (across another fjord). The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Kamsvågfjellet on the border with Tingvoll Municipality.

Government

While it existed, Straumsnes Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, welfare spending, welfare and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor was Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Straumsnes was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political Political party, party.

Mayors

The Mayor#Scandinavia, mayor () of Straumsnes was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position: *1866–1881: Ole Nilssen *1882–1897: Iver Kjærvig *1898–1898: Peder Kamsvaag *1899–1901: Iver Kjærvig *1902–1913: Nils Ulset *1914–1916: Peder Kamsvaag *1917–1922: Peder Hals *1923–1928: Lars Romundstad *1929–1931: Lars Vatten *1932–1934: Lars Romundstad *1935–1940: Nils Kamsvåg *1941–1942: Anders A. Grimstad *1943–1945: Erik J. Ulset *1945–1947: Anders A. Grimstad *1948–1951: Jon Nørbech *1952–1957: Tore P. Hals *1958–1959: Peder Kanestrøm *1960–1963: Sverke Romundstad

References

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