Rindal
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| County | Møre og Romsdal | |
| District | Nordmøre | |
| Municipality | NO-1567 | |
| Administrative centre | Rindal | |
| Mayor (2003) | Ola T. Heggem (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 175 641 km² 620 km² 0.20 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 334 2,118 0.05 % -4.4 % 3/km² |
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| www.rindal.kommune.no |
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Rindal is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Rindal (Norse Rinnudalr), since the first church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the rivername Rinna, the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The rivername is derived from the verb rinna 'run, flow'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It shows the club of a chairman. It is meant to represent John Neergaard, the founder of Formannskapslovene, who was from Rindal.
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| Municipalities of Møre og Romsdal | |
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