District Nordmøre Area rank 175 in Norway Area 631.8 km² Capital Rindal | Administrative centre Rindal Demonym(s) Rindaling Population 2,061 (2013) | |
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Mafian i rindal
Rindal is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. The municipality centres on agriculture and forestry services. The municipality is the only landlocked municipality in the entire county.
Contents
- Mafian i rindal
- Map of Rindal Municipality Norway
- Rindal skimuseum 2016
- General information
- Name
- Coat of arms
- Churches
- Geography
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Rindal Municipality, Norway
Rindal skimuseum 2016
General information
The parish of Rindal was established as a municipality in 1858 when it was separated from Surnadal Municipality. The initial population of Rindal was 2,684. On 1 January 2008, the Fossdalen farm (population: 4) was transferred from Rindal (in Møre og Romsdal county) to Hemne Municipality (in Sør-Trøndelag county).
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Rindal farm (Old Norse: Rindudalr), since the first church (Rindal Church) was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Rinda and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The river name is derived from the verb rinna which means to "run" or "flow". Before 1918, the name was written Rindalen.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 January 1989. The arms show a yellow gavel on a green background. The gavel is meant to represent John Neergaard, who is considered the father of municipal governments in Norway, (formannskapets far), who was from Rindal. He was responsible for pushing for local government reform which led to the Formannskapsdistrikt law in 1837.
Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Rindal. It is part of the Indre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.
Geography
The municipality lies in the northeastern part of Møre og Romsdal county, along the border with Sør-Trøndelag county. Rindal is the only landlocked municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The lakes Foldsjøen and Gråsjøen lie along the border with Surnadal to the southwest. The large river Surna begins in Rindal at the confluence of the rivers Tiåa and Lomunda. The Trollheimen mountain range runs through southern Rindal.
Surnadal Municipality lies to the west in Møre og Romsdal. Rindal shares a border with five other municipalities in Sør-Trøndelag county to the north, east, and south: Hemne, Orkdal, Meldal, Rennebu, and Oppdal.