Ørskog

Ørskog
Ørskog kommune
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms

Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Ørskog within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°28′44″N 6°53′7″E / 62.47889°N 6.88528°E / 62.47889; 6.88528Coordinates: 62°28′44″N 6°53′7″E / 62.47889°N 6.88528°E / 62.47889; 6.88528
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Administrative centre Sjøholt
Government
 – Mayor (2003) Sigmund Stene (H)
Area
 – Total 132.30 km2 (51.1 sq mi)
 – Land 128.85 km2 (49.7 sq mi)
 – Water 3.45 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Area rank 368 in Norway
Population (2010)
 – Total 2,138
 – Rank 335 in Norway
 – Density 16.6/km2 (43/sq mi)
 – Change (10 years) 3.0 %
Demonym Ørskogbygdar[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1523
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.orskog.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Ørskog is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Sjøholt. European Route E39 and European Route E136 runs through the municipality, connecting the towns of Ålesund and Molde.

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General information

Ørskog was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The municipality of Sykkylven was separated from Ørskog on 1 August 1883. This left Ørskog with 1,735 inhabitants. The municipalities of Skodje and Stordal were briefly merged into Ørskog on 1 January 1965, and then they were separated from Ørskog again on 1 January 1977.[2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Ørskog farm (Old Norse: Øyraskógr), since the first church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of øyrr which means "shoal" and the last element is skógr which means "wood" or "forest".[3]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 11 November 1983. The arms show a wooden pole as a symbol for forestry and fur farming. In the 17th century, the municipality exported many tall trees to the Dutch Republic, where they were used for shipbuilding. The ermine is a canting for the many animals in the forests.[4]

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish with one church, within the municipality of Ørskog. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Austre Sunnmøre.

Churches in Ørskog
Parish
(Sokn)
Church Name Year Built Location
of the Church
Ørskog Ørskog kyrkje 1873 Sjøholt

Geography

The municipality lies on the north shore of the Storfjord, and it is bordered by Skodje to the west, Vestnes to the north and east, and Stordal to the south.

References

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