Straumsnes is a former municipality in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. 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, and several surrounding islands in the northern part of the present-day

Tingvoll Municipality Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvollvågen. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, Grimstad, and Torjulvågen. The munici ...

. The

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of the municipality was the village of Straumsnes where the

Straumsnes Church Straumsnes Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tingvoll Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Straumsnes. It is the main church for the Straumsnes parish which is part of the Indre N ...

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

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was and its population had decreased by 5.9% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

On 1 January 1866, the

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of Straumsnes was separated from

to become the new Straumsnes Municipality. The initial population of Straumsnes was 1,222. On 1 January 1868, an uninhabited district of

Halsa Municipality Halsa is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it became part of Heim Municipality in Trondelag county. It was part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of Hal ...

was transferred to Straumsnes Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Straumsnes Municipality (population: 1,160), the part of

Frei Municipality Frei is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2008 when it was incorporated into Kristiansund Municipality. It was located b ...

on the island of Aspøya (population: 147), and

(population: 3,356) were merged into a new, larger

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named ''Straumsnes''. The first element is which means "

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" or "

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". This part comes from old ''Strøm'' farm (), now part of the village of Kanestraum. The last element is which means "

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". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Strømsneset''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Straumsnes'', changing the vowel spelling and removing the definite form ending ''-et''.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Straumsnes Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Tingvoll

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was located at the northern end of the Straumsnes peninsula. It was surrounded by the

Halsafjorden Halsafjorden () is a fjord located between Heim Municipality (in Trøndelag county) and Tingvoll Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county), Norway. The long fjord branches south off the Vinjefjorden and stretches about until it becomes the Tron ...

Vinjefjorden Vinjefjorden () is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. It begins at the village of Vinjeøra in Heim Municipality (in Trøndelag county) and flows west through the municipalities of Aure, Tingvoll, and Kristiansund (i ...

Freifjorden Freifjorden is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord flows through Kristiansund Municipality, Tingvoll Municipality, and Gjemnes Municipality. The fjord begins near the island of Tustna and flows southwest between the islan ...

, and Tingvollfjorden.

was located to the south and

was to the west.

Tustna Municipality Tustna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1874 until 2006 when it became part of the present-day Aure Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Gullstein. The municipalit ...

was to the north (across a fjord) and

was to the east (across another fjord). The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Kamsvågfjellet on the border with

Government

While it existed, Straumsnes Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

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

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Mayors

The

() 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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