Tingvoll
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| County | Møre og Romsdal | |
| Landscape | Nordmøre | |
| Municipality | NO-1560 | |
| Administrative centre | Tingvoll | |
| Mayor (2003) | Kristin Marie Sørheim (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 261 337 km² 322 km² 0.10 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 263 3,120 0.07 % -8.1 % 10/km² | |
| Coordinates | 62°57′ N 8°13′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=62_57_N_8_13_E_type:adm2nd_region:NO-1560) | |
| www.tingvoll.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1560) | ||
Tingvoll is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
For eight or nine centuries ago Tingvoll was the capital of Nordmøre. There was a flat field here, in Norwegian called voll, where they had meetings, ting. Thus the name Tingvoll.
| Municipalities of Møre og Romsdal | |
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Aukra | Aure | Averøy | Eide | Frei | Fræna | Giske | Gjemnes | Halsa | Haram | Hareid | Herøy | Kristiansund | Midsund | Molde | Nesset | Norddal | Rauma | Rindal | Sande | Sandøy | Skodje | Smøla | Stordal | Stranda | Sula | Sunndal | Surnadal | Sykkylven | Tingvoll | Tustna | Ulstein | Vanylven | Vestnes | Volda | Ørskog | Ørsta | Ålesund | |
