Tingvoll Municipality
Tingvoll kommune | |
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Tingvold herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 62°57′13″N 08°13′5″E / 62.95361°N 8.21806°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Møre og Romsdal |
District | Nordmøre |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Tingvollvågen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Ingrid Waagen (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 336.81 km2 (130.04 sq mi) |
• Land | 321.62 km2 (124.18 sq mi) |
• Water | 15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi) 4.5% |
• Rank | #253 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,031 |
• Rank | #225 in Norway |
• Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −2.7% |
Demonym | Tingvollgjelding[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1560[3] |
Website | Official website |
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, and Torjulvågen. The municipality covers a peninsula on the mainland as well as a few surrounding islands. Norwegian National Road 70 and European route E39 both run through the municipality.
The 337-square-kilometre (130 sq mi) municipality is the 253rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tingvoll is the 225th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,031. The municipality's population density is 9.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (24/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.7% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]