Øre, Norway

Øre herad
—  Former Municipality  —
Municipality ID	NO-1558
Adm. Center	Øre
Area[1]
– Total	237 km2 (91.5 sq mi)
Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into	Gjemnes in 1965

Øre
—  Village  —
Øre church
Øre Location in Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°55′12″N 07°45′10″E / 62.92°N 7.75278°E / 62.92; 7.75278Coordinates: 62°55′12″N 07°45′10″E / 62.92°N 7.75278°E / 62.92; 7.75278
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Nordmøre
Municipality	Gjemnes
Elevation[2]	0.5 m (2 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	6631 BATNFJORDSØRA

Øre is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Batnfjorden in the present-day municipality of Gjemnes. The village lies about half-way between the villages of Batnfjordsøra and Torvikbukt. The Øre church is located here.^[1]

History

The municipality of Øre was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 September 1882, a part of the municipality of Fredø (population: 40) was transferred to Øre. On 1 September 1893, the northern part of Øre (population: 226), was used to create the new municipality of Gjemnes. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Øre ceased to exist when it was merged into Gjemnes (along with part of Tingvoll. Prior to the merger, Øre had a population of 1,565.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Store norske leksikon. "Øre. – kommune" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/%C3%98re./kommune. Retrieved 2010-11-30. 
2. ^ "Øre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal/Gjemnes/%C3%98re/. Retrieved 2010-11-18. 
3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.