Glopping

coat of arms	map
	Glopping
Basic data
Commune number :	4650
Province  (county) :	Vestland
Administrative headquarters:	Sandane
Coordinates :	61 ° 5 '  N , 6 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 5 '  N , 6 ° 10'  E
Surface:	1,030.57 km²
Residents:	5,854  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	6 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Nynorsk
Website:	gloppen.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Leidulf Gloppestad  ( Sp ) (2015)
Location in the province of Vestland

Gloppen is a municipality with the main town Sandane in the Norwegian province of Vestland . It has 5854 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020).

geography

Gloppen lies in the Norwegian landscape of the Nordfjord . It borders in the north with Stad (across the fjord), in the east with Stryn , in the south with Sunnfjord and in the west with Kinn and Bremanger .

The municipality of Gloppen completely encloses the fjord arms Hye and Gloppenfjord, which branch off from the Nordfjord . Particularly noteworthy is the headland Anda, which separates the Gloppenfjord from the Nordfjord. On this headland you will find Sandane Airport and the town of Vereide with a very old church near the fjord.

The terrain of Gloppen is mostly mountainous with only smaller contiguous areas that are deeper. The highest point is the Snønipa on the border with the municipality of Sunnfjord with a height of 1826.8  moh. In the community are three major glaciers, the Myklebustbreen which Ålfotbreen and Gjegnalundsbreen . The climate is shaped by the coastal location of Gloppens. The river Gloppenelva , which has a significant salmon population , runs through the municipality from Lake Breimsvatnet into the Nordfjord.

The community's population lives mainly in the area around the administrative center of Sandane and in the valley area around Breimsvatnet. The municipality's population has been declining since the 1980s. The inhabitants of Gloppens are called Gloppar or Glopper . As in most of the Vestland Province, the official language is the written language Nynorsk .

The municipality is connected to Førde by the European route 39 and to the former Flora municipality via the Riksvei 615 . The Riksvei 60 leading through Gloppen form the traffic route to Stryn. A ferry crosses the Nordfjord to Nordfjordeid and Volda .

history

The current boundaries of the municipalities were created in 1992 when Hennebygda was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Eid . Prior to that, Hoplandsgrenda had passed to Stryn in 1965 . Both places were north of the Nordfjord . During a reform in 1964, most of the former Breim commune became part of Gloppen.

Until the state- wide regional reform , the municipality of Gloppen belonged to the former Fylke Sogn og Fjordane . This was transferred to the newly created Vestland Province on January 1, 2020.

economy

Animal husbandry plays an important role in the municipality's agriculture , including sheep and cattle . In addition, fruit and berries are grown. Industrial production is concentrated in the towns of Sandane and Hyen with a furniture , window and glass factory . Salmon is also farmed in Hyen .

There are 24 power plants in Gloppen . In 2016 they had an average annual production of 409 gigawatt hours.

Culture

In Sandane is the Nordfjord Folkemuseum, an open-air museum with buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. To the northwest of Sandane is the church of Vereide, which was probably built in the 12th century. There is also the cemetery of Vereide . Probably the largest barrow in the Vestlandet region was found in Hauge .

coat of arms

The municipality's official coat of arms since 1986 shows a silver horse on a blue background. It represents the traditional fjord horse for Gloppen, which was previously used for field work. The gait of the horse does not match the actual gait of this horse breed, but it had to be drawn that way due to heraldic rules.

Web links

Commons : Gloppen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gloppen in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
• Facts about Gloppen in Statistisk sentralbyrå (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
2. ↑ Høyeste fjelltopp i hver commune. September 1, 2015, accessed on February 27, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål). 
3. ^ Gloppen commune. Kommunekart, accessed on February 27, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Innbyggjarnamn. Språkrådet, accessed February 27, 2020 (Norwegian). 
5. ↑ Forskrift om målvedtak i Kommunar og fylkeskommunar (målvedtaksforskrifta) - I - Lovdata. Retrieved February 27, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Kommunal-og moderniseringsdepartementet: Nye kommune- og fylkesnummer fra 2020. October 27, 2017, accessed on February 27, 2020 (Norwegian). 
7. ↑ The museum's history | Nordfjord Folk Museum. Retrieved February 27, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Vereide kyrkje. Fylkesarkivet, accessed February 27, 2020 (Norwegian). 
9. ↑ January Kåre Fure: Kommunevåpenet til Gloppen - commune Gloppen. Retrieved February 27, 2020 (Nynorsk in Norwegian).