Kristiansund
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| Commune number : | 1505 | ||
| Province (county) : | Møre and Romsdal | ||
| Coordinates : | 63 ° 7 ' N , 7 ° 46' E | ||
| Surface: | 87.44 km² | ||
| Residents: | 24,179 (Feb 27, 2020) | ||
| Population density : | 277 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Language form : | neutral | ||
| Postal code : | 6507-6518 | ||
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| Mayor : | Kjell Neergaard ( Ap ) (2015) | ||
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Kristiansund is a port city and island municipality on several islands connected by bridges in the north of the Norwegian province ( Fylke ) Møre og Romsdal . The city should not be confused with Kristiansand , the largest city in Sørland . That is why Kristiansund N and Kristiansand S are often written.
location
Kristiansund is about 190 kilometers southwest of Trondheim on the Norwegian Atlantic coast . The municipality is surrounded by Smøla in the north, Aure in the east, Tingvoll and Gjemnes in the south and Averøy in the west. In addition to the three islands Nordlandet , Gomalandet / Kirklandet and Innlandet , which make up the four districts of the city of Kristiansund, the municipality also includes the islands Frei , Skorpa and Grip , as well as a number of smaller, mostly uninhabited islands and skerries. The highest point in the municipality is the Freikollen (629 meters) on the island of Frei.
population
The municipality of Kristiansund has 24,179 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020). Of these, 18,273 (as of 2019) live in the city of Kristiansund. Other Tettsteder are Rensvik with 2,543, Solsletta with 690 and Storbakken with 646 inhabitants, all of which are on the island of Frei. The former municipality of Grip, which had 104 inhabitants when it was incorporated in 1964, is no longer inhabited all year round.
Name and coat of arms
Kristiansund was originally called Fosna (or Danish Fosen), from Old Norse Fólgsn , which means something like hiding place. In later times the origin of the name was often wrongly interpreted as Fossund (sound at the waterfall). This is also indicated by the city's coat of arms from 1742, which depicts a blue waterfall with three salmon that trickles down from a silver rock. The current form of the city coat of arms was created around 1900.
history
During excavations, settlement sites were found that are around 10,000 years old. A port has existed since the Stone Age . The building stones of Frei are of medieval origin .
The port was given the name Christianssund in 1742 , named after the Danish-Norwegian King Christian VI. , the city law. At that time wood was traded. The timber trade was replaced by the herring trade in the 17th century. After the herring trade came the cod trade. From 1691 , the production of clipfish began on the cliffs around the city. The fishing village of Grip , which was incorporated into Kristiansund in 1964, was one of the most important production sites for clipfish.
During the Napoleonic Wars , when Denmark-Norway was allied with France, Kristiansund was attacked by English warships on July 8, 1808 . The city defended itself successfully. There was an economic boom up to the First World War , during which time the clipfish was exported to southern Europe, especially to Spain and Portugal, where it was known under the name of "Bacalao". The ships brought earth with them as ballast. A cemetery was created with this earth.
In April 1940, the city was almost completely destroyed by four days of German air raids. Five residents died and around 800 buildings burned down. Old wooden houses can now be found mainly on the islands of Innlandet and Kirklandet. After the war ended, the town was rebuilt and today features some of the best examples of Norwegian post-war architecture, such as the Town Hall and Kirkelandet Church.
The municipality of Frei on the island of the same name was attached to Kristiansund on January 1, 2008.
economy
Still is fishing and processing for use Clip or cod (salted, dried cod ) is an important industry. Only a small part of the stockfish is preserved outdoors on the rocks. The stockfish is still mainly exported to the countries of southern Europe. After the economic crisis in the 1920s, efforts were made to expand the economic base and thus make it less sensitive to crises. In addition to fishing and fish processing, the city now lives from the construction and maintenance of ships and drilling rigs and tool and machine construction. In the Nordlandet district there is also the Vestbase , a collection of companies that live from the operation and maintenance of the oil rigs.
traffic
The Sundbåten passenger boat line has been operating between the four parts of Kristiansund (Kirklandet, Gomalandet, Nordlandet and Innlandet) since 1876 , which is also an important part of the town's identity and was voted the most important cultural asset by the inhabitants in 1997. The city is also served by the ships of the Hurtigruten and cruise lines. The Kristiansund airport in the eastern part of the island Nordlandet has about 330,000 passengers a year. Since 1992, the city has been connected to the mainland by the 5.2 kilometer long Freifjord tunnel at a depth of 130 meters and the two bridges Omsund Bridge and Gjemnessund Bridge . A catamaran ferry for passenger transport offers a fast connection to Trondheim several times a day .
Attractions
- Kirkelandet Church on the main island of Kirklandet. It was destroyed in 1941 and rebuilt in 1964 in the style of modern Norwegian church architecture according to plans by Odd Østbye . Beautiful stained glass can be seen in the church.
- Nordland Church from 1914
- Nordmøre Museum with exhibitions on the cultural history of the Nordmøre region
- Mellemværftet, a 19th century sailing shipyard and shipyard museum
- Milnbrygga, the Norwegian clipfish museum, which hosts a bacalao competition every year to commemorate this tradition
- Festiviteten Opera House built in Art Nouveau style
- Varden, a tower at an old guard and lookout point with a panoramic view of Kristiansund
- The island of Grip with stave church and lighthouse
- Atlantic Road between Kristiansund and Bud (according to the British Guardian the "most beautiful travel road in the world")
- Sundbåt passenger ferry as an important means of transport for over 100 years
Twin cities
- Karleby , Finland
- Harnösand , Sweden
- Fredericia , Denmark
sons and daughters of the town
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
- ↑ Høyeste fjelltopp i hver commune. Statens kartverk, July 8, 2020, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Tettsteders following og areal. Statistisk sentralbyrå, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Geir Thorsnæs: Grip - tidligere commune. In: Store norske leksikon. March 27, 2020, accessed August 3, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c John Stokkan and Geir Thorsnæs: Kristiansund. In: Store norske leksikon. September 23, 2019, accessed August 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Om Sundbåten. Sundbaten.no, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Air transport. Statistisk sentralbyrå, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
