Norddal
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Norddal kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Norddal within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°17′32″N 7°26′18″E / 62.29222, 7.43833
Country	Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Sunnmøre
Municipality ID	NO-1524
Administrative centre	Valldal
Government
- Mayor (2007)	Bjørn Inge Ruset (Ap)
Area (Nr. 115 in Norway)
- Total	944 km² (364.5 sq mi)
- Land	901 km² (347.9 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	1,845
- Density	2/km² (5.2/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-7.8 %
- Rank in Norway	345
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Nynorsk
Demonym	Norddaling 1
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.norddal.kommune.no

Norddal is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It covers the easternmost part of the Sunnmøre region along the border with Oppland county.

Norddal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Sunnylven was separated from Norddal the fall of 1838. Norddal covers an area with several distinct valleys and villages: Eidsdal, Norddal (Dalsbygda), Tafjord, Fjørå/Selboskarbygda, and Valldal, the administrative centre of the municipality.

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was just Dalr, identical with the word dalr which menas "valley" or "dale". The first element Nord- meaning "northern" was added around the year 1600. The parish church is still called Dale church. Before 1918, the name was written Norddalen.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 1990. The arms show a red twig of a strawberry plant on a yellow background. Norddal has a tradition for producing fruits and berries, notably strawberries.

See also: Coat-of-arms of Kvæfjord

References

External links

• Media related to Norddal at Wikimedia Commons
• Destinasjon Geirangerfjord - Trollstigen