Gjemnes Municipality

municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Møre og Romsdal
District: Nordmøre
Established: 1 Jan 1893
Preceded by: Kvernes , Frei , and Øre
Administrative centre: Batnfjordsøra
Mayor 2015: Knut Sjømæling ( Sp )
Total: 381.63 km (147.35 sq mi)
Land: 371.08 km (143.27 sq mi)
Water: 10.55 km (4.07 sq mi) 2.8%
Rank: # 242 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,026.49 m (3,367.7 ft)
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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 242nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Gjemnes Municipality is the 244th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,700. The municipality's population density is 7.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has increased by 5.3% over the previous 10-year period.