Editing Tingvoll Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Tingvollvågen - Tingvoll 2012.jpg|thumb|left|View of [[Tingvollvågen]]]]
[[File:Tingvoll kirke 2011 04.jpg|thumb|left|View of [[Tingvoll Church]]]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Tingvoll was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1866, the northern part of the municipality (population: 1,222) was separated to form the new [[Straumsnes Municipality]]. On 1 January 1874, a part of [[Stangvik Municipality]] (population: 61) was transferred to Tingvoll Municipality. On 1 January 1877, the Tiltereidet and Meisalstranden part of Tingvoll Municipality (population: 212) on the west side of the [[Sunndalsfjorden]] was transferred to [[Nesset Municipality]]. On 1 January 1880, the [[Torjulvågen]] area of [[Halsa Municipality]] (population: 240) was transferred to Tingvoll Municipality. On 1 January 1890, the [[Rausand]] area of Tingvoll Municipality (population: 101) was transferred to [[Nesset Municipality]].<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>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, [[Straumsnes Municipality]] (population: 1,160) and the part of [[Frei Municipality]] on the island of [[Aspøya, Tingvoll|Aspøya]] (population: 147) were merged into Tingvoll Municipality. On 1 January 1965, the part of Tingvoll Municipality located on the western side of the [[Tingvollfjorden (Møre og Romsdal)|Tingvollfjorden]] (population: 778) was transferred to [[Gjemnes Municipality]] and the Åsprong-Sandnes area near [[Meisingset]] (population: 26) was transferred from [[Stangvik Municipality]] to Tingvoll Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Tingvoll'' farm ({{langx|non|Þingvǫllr}}) since the first [[Tingvoll Church]] was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|þing}} which means "[[thing (assembly)|thing]]" or "assembly". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vǫllr}} which means "[[meadow]]" or "flat ground" (so Tingvoll means "meeting place", like [[Þingvellir]] in Iceland).<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=370 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Tingvold''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Tingvoll''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 7 September 1984. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], five oak leaves [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]] in annulo stems to centre"'' ({{langx|no|I sølv fem grønne eikeblad i rosett}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a group of five [[oak]] [[leaf|leaves]] arranged in a circle with their stems pointing to the centre. The oak leaves were chosen as a symbol since Norway's northernmost [[Autochthon (nature)|autochthonous]] oak forests can be found in the municipality. Each leaf represents one of the five main villages in the municipality: [[Tingvollvågen]], [[Straumsnes, Møre og Romsdal|Straumsnes]], Gyl, [[Torjulvågen]], and [[Meisingset]]. The arms were designed by Alvhild Ulseth. 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=Tingvoll |access-date=2023-04-13 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tingvoll, Møre og Romsdal (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-60.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-11-24 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1984-09-07-1693 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Eigersund|Eigersund]], [[Coat of arms of Nedre Eiker|Nedre Eiker]], [[Coat of arms of Songdalen|Songdalen]], and [[Coat of arms of Øvre Eiker|Øvre Eiker]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Tingvoll 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 Tingvoll'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Tingvoll||[[Tingvoll Church]]||[[Tingvollvågen]]||c. 1180
|-
|rowspan="2"|Straumsnes||[[Straumsnes Church]]||[[Straumsnes, Møre og Romsdal|Grimstad]]||1864
|-
|[[Langøy Chapel]]||Langøya||1935
|}