Gjemnes Municipality
Gjemnes kommune | |
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 View of Torvikbukt | |
 Flag | |
 Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
 Gjemnes within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°54′59″N 07°55′09″E / 62.91639°N 7.91917°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Nordmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1893 |
| • Preceded by | Kvernes, Frei, and Øre |
| Administrative centre | Batnfjordsøra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Knut Sjømæling (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 381.62 km2 (147.34 sq mi) |
| • Land | 371.08 km2 (143.27 sq mi) |
| • Water | 10.55 km2 (4.07 sq mi) 2.8% |
| • Rank | #243 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,669 |
| • Rank | #243 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +4.4% |
| Demonym | Gjemnesing[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1557[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and it is a former steamship landing place. Other villages in Gjemnes include Torvikbukt, Flemma, Angvika, Gjemnes, Øre, and Osmarka.
The 382-square-kilometre (147 sq mi) municipality is the 243rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gjemnes is the 243rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,669. The municipality's population density is 7.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.4% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).