Tustna is a
former municipality in
Møre og Romsdal
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county,
Norway. The
administrative centre
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was the village of
Gullstein. The municipality is located in the present-day
Aure Municipality. The municipality included the main islands of
Tustna,
Stabblandet, and
Solskjelsøya, as well as many smaller, surrounding islets between the
Edøyfjorden and the
Vinjefjorden
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. In 2006, when the municipality was merged into Aure, it was .
History
Tustna was originally a part of the municipality of
Edøy (see
formannskapsdistrikt
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). A meeting held on 17 March 1863 decided to build a church on the island of
Tustern (which was the name of the island at that time) and thereby gain status as a separate parish within the large municipality.
Gullstein Church was built in the village of
Gullstein on the eastern side of the island in 1864. A royal resolution of 3 May 1873 directed that the parish of Tustern be separated from Edøy Municipalit to create a separate municipality effective on 1 January 1874. The new municipality had an initial population of 1,179.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the part of Tustna on the island of
Ertvågsøy (population: 85) was transferred to neighboring
Aure Municipality to the east. On 1 January 2006, all of Tustna Municipality was merged into Aure Municipality. At its end, Tustna had a population of 1,006.
Coat of arms
The
coat of arms for Tustna was blue with a gold
klippfisk in the center. This symbolizes the importance of
fishing for this type of fish in the municipality.
Name
The municipality was named after the
island of Tustna, the main island for the municipality. The name of the island was first mentioned, as ''Toester'', on a Dutch map from 1623. It may be derived from the
Old Norse word which means "staff" or "stick", and in that case it is probably referring to the form of one of the mountains on the island.
Government
The
municipal council of Tustna was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
See also
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List of former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...
References
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Aure, Norway
Nordmøre
Former municipalities of Norway
1874 establishments in Norway
2006 disestablishments in Norway