Editing Gjemnes Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Gjemnes was established on 1 September 1893 when the following areas were merged to create the new municipality which had an initial population of 934 people:<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>
*the southern part of [[Kvernes Municipality]] (population: 477)
*the northern part of [[Øre Municipality]] (population: 226)
*the southwestern part of [[Frei Municipality]] (population: 231) 

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, [[Øre Municipality]] (population: 1,565) and the parts of [[Tingvoll Municipality]] located west of the [[Tingvollfjorden (Møre og Romsdal)|Tingvollfjorden]] (population: 778) were merged with Gjemnes Municipality (population: 697) to form a new, larger Gjemnes Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Gjemnes (village)|Gjemnes]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Gímnes}}) since it was the site of [[Gjemnes Church]]. The first element is somewhat uncertain. It may come from an old river name ({{lang|non|Gíma}}). The river name may be derived from the word {{lang|non|gíma}} which means "opening" or "mouth". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=691LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt |date=1908 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=13 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=354 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 4 November 1983. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], a deer head [[cabossed]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt et gull hjortehode, sett forfra}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is the head and antlers of a [[red deer]]. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The green color in the field symbolizes the importance of the [[Agriculture|agricultural]] history of the community. The deer head was chosen since these deer are quite common in the municipality. The deer [[antler]]s have twelve points on them, representing the twelve districts of Gjemnes. The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth who based it off an original idea by Birger A. Eikrem. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Gjemnes |access-date=2023-04-10 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gjemnes, Møre og Romsdal (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-57.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-01-07 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1983-11-04-1629 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also|Coat of arms of Hjartdal|Coat of arms of Hitra|Coat of arms of Voss}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Gjemnes Municipality. It is part of the [[Indre Nordmøre prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Møre]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Gjemnes'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Gjemnes||[[Gjemnes Church]]||[[Gjemnes (village)|Gjemnes]]||1893
|-
|rowspan="2"|Øre||[[Øre Church]]||[[Øre, Norway|Øre]]||1865
|-
||[[Osmarka Chapel]]||[[Heggem]]||1910
|}