Straumsnes (municipality)


Straumsnes is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1866 until its dissolution in 1964. It included the northern part of the Straumsnes peninsula, the eastern part of the island of Aspøya, and several surrounding islands in the northern part of the present-day Tingvoll Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Straumsnes where the Straumsnes Church is located.

History

On 1 January 1866, the parish of Straumsnes was separated from Tingvoll Municipality to become a new municipality. The initial population of Straumsnes was 1,222. On 1 January 1868, an uninhabited district of Halsa Municipality was transferred to Straumsnes. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Straumsnes Municipality, the part of Frei Municipality on the island of Aspøya, and Tingvoll Municipality were merged into a new, larger Tingvoll Municipality.

Name

The municipality was named Straumsnes after the peninsula on which it is located. The peninsula is named after the old Strøm farming village, now called Kanestraum.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Straumsnes, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Straumsnes was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: