Editing Midsund Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Dryna.JPG|thumb|left|View of Dryna island, looking northeast]]
[[File:View of Midsund.jpg|thumb|left|View of the interior of Otrøya island]]
The municipality of Midsund was established on 1 January 1965 when the old [[Sør-Aukra Municipality]] (population: 1,912) was merged with part of [[Midøya]] island and the neighboring island of [[Dryna]] (population: 334) which were part of the old [[Vatne Municipality]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, Midsund Municipality (population: 2,049) and [[Nesset Municipality]] (population: 2,946) were merged into the neighboring [[Molde Municipality]]. Together, the new Molde Municipality is significantly larger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nye Molde |url=http://www.nyemolde.no/ |access-date=2017-10-15 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the ''Midsundet'' ({{langx|non|Miðjusund}}), the [[strait]] that flows between the [[island]]s of [[Otrøya]] and [[Midøya]]. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|miðja}} which means "middle" or "centre". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|sund}} which means "[[strait]]" or "[[Sound (geography)|sound]]".<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=307 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 15 May 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], two triangles [[argent]] the lower reversed"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn to sølv trekantar, den nedste vend nedover}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is two triangles one over the other so that they look like a mirror image. The triangles have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means they are commonly colored white, but if the arms are made out of metal, then silver is used. The two triangles represent the islands of [[Otrøya]] and [[Midøya]] in the ocean. These two main islands in the municipality are separated by a small strait, the Midsund. The geographical situation is symbolised in the arms. The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth. 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=Midsund |access-date=2023-04-05 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Midsund, Møre og Romsdal (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-45.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-05-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-05-15-434 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Midsund Municipality. It was part of the [[Molde domprosti]] (arch-[[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Møre]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Midsund'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Midsund||[[Otrøy Church]]||Uglvik, [[Otrøya]]||1878
|-
|[[Nord-Heggdal Chapel]]||[[Nord-Heggdal]]||1974
|}

===Media===
The newspaper ''[[Øyavis]]'' was published in Midsund from 1983 to 2016.<ref name="Bjerkeland">{{Cite news |last=Bjerkeland |first=Øystein |date=2016-03-09 |title=Øyavis legges trolig ned |url=http://www.rbnett.no/nyheter/2016/03/09/%C3%98yavis-legges-trolig-ned-12259602.ece |work=Romsdals Budstikke |language=no}}</ref>