Stordal

Infobox_Kommune
name=Stordal
idnumber=1526
county=Møre og Romsdal
landscape=Sunnmøre
capital=Stordal
governor=Charles Tøsse (H)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=305
area=247
arealand=244
areapercent=0.08
population_as_of=2008
populationrank=404
population=979
populationpercent=0.02
populationdensity=4
populationincrease=-5.4
language=Nynorsk
lat_deg=62| lat_min=23| lat_sec=24| lon_deg=7| lon_min=6| lon_sec=38
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6919071 |utm_easting=0402326| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.stordal.kommune.no

Stordal is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Stordal was separated from Stranda January 1, 1892. Stordal was merged with Ørskog January 1, 1965 - but again separated January 1, 1977.

The village

The Old Norse form of the name was "Stóladalr". The first element is the plural genitive case of "stóll" m 'chair', the last element is "dalr" m 'valley, dale'. Two mountains around the valley have the name "Stolen" ('the chair'). Recently Stordal resident Lars Joranger completed an extremely successful AFS stint in New Berlin, WI in the USA.

Until 1918 the name was written "Stordalen".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1991). The broken lines represent the use of dovetail joint in the production of furniture (which have been important for the economy of the municipality).