Tustna 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 1874 until 2006 when it became part of the present-day

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. The

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was the village of Gullstein. The municipality was located in

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and it included the main islands of Tustna, Stabblandet, and Solskjelsøya, as well as many smaller, surrounding islets between the Edøyfjorden and the Vinjefjorden. Prior to its dissolution in 2006, the municipality was the 363rd largest by area out of the 433 municipalities in Norway. Tustna Municipality was the 411th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,006. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 11.1% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The area of Tustna Municipality was originally a part of the large

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(see

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law). 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

to create the new Tustern 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

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. On 1 January 1965, the part of Tustna Municipality on the island of Ertvågsøya (population: 85) was transferred to neighboring

to the east. On 1 January 2006, Tustna Municipality (population: 1,006) was merged into Aure Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the island of Tustna (the

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form of the name may have been ), since it is the main island in the municipality. The name of the island was mentioned in historical records, as ''Toester'', on a Dutch map from 1623. The name may be derived from the word which means "staff" or "walking stick". They could be referring to the form of one of the mountains on the island. Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Tusteren''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Tustna''.

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 7 October 1988. The official

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is ''" Azure, a

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Or"'' (). This means the arms have a blue

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(background) and the

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is a

(a split and salted dried fish, usually cod). The charge has a

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of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design was chosen to symbolize the importance of the

industry which was pioneered in the Tustna area starting back in the 1690s. Traditionally the fish was spread out on rock to sun dry which gives the klippfisk its symmetrical shape (as opposed to the

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). The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The

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

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and the

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(

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) in the Diocese of Møre.

Geography

The island municipality was located in

. It included the main islands of Tustna, Stabblandet, and Solskjelsøya, as well as many smaller, surrounding islets between the Edøyfjorden and the

Korsnesfjorden 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 Kristiansu ...

. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Innerbergsalen.

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was located to the north,

was to the east,

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and

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 ...

were to the south, and

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was to the west.

Government

While it existed, Tustna 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 Tustna 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 Tustna was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position: * 1874–1875: Peder Trondsen Størseth * 1876–1879: Jonas Moe Halse * 1880–1913: Gjermund Trondsen Øvrevik * 1914–1919: Ole P. Guldsten * 1920–1923: Martinius P. Jørgenvåg * 1923–1925: Sivert Madsen Follestad * 1926–1934: Martinius P. Jørgenvåg * 1935–1942: Edvard Øvrevik * 1943–1945: Peder M. Jørgenvåg * 1945–1947: Johannes H. Nordheim * 1948–1951: Thorstein Hamnes * 1951–1951: Peder J. Tømmervåg * 1952–1959: Johan D. Tømmervåg * 1960–1963: Martin Sæterøy * 1964–1966: Trygve Høvik * 1966–1967: Johan D. Tømmervåg * 1968–1971: Magnar Guldstein * 1972–1979: Martinius P. Jørgenvåg * 1980–1983: Gjermund E. Øvrevik * 1984–1987: Nils Hamnes * 1988–1988: Jon P. Solheim * 1992–1993: Hallvard Husby * 1994–1999: Daniel Golmen * 1999–2003: Hans G. Lauritzen ( Ap) * 2003–2005: Ingunn Oldervik Golmen ( Sp)

References

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