Tustna
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Tustna is an island and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. The administrative centre was Gullstein. The island is located in the present-day municipality of Aure
. The island lies between the islands of Golma (to the west) and Stabblandet
and Solskjel
(to the east).
(see formannskapsdistrikt
). A meeting held on 17 March 1863 decided to build a church on Tustern (which was the name of the island at that time) and thereby gain status as a separate parish. A royal resolution of 3 May 1873 directed that Tustern be separated from Edøy to create a separate municipality. This happened on 1 January 1874. The new municipality had an initial population of 1,179. On 1 January 1965, a small part of Tustna on the island of Ertvågsøy
(population: 85) was moved to Aure
. On 1 January 2006, Tustna was merged into the municipality of Aure. At the end, Tustna had a population of 1,006.
form of the name in unknown (the name of the island is first mentioned on a Dutch map from 1623: "Toester"). It might be derived from the word þústr which means "staff" or "stick", and in that case it is probably referring to the form of one of the mountains on the island.
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The administrative centre was Gullstein. The island is located in the present-day municipality of Aure
Aure, Norway
Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Stemshaug, Todalen, and Tjeldbergodden. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.The municipality includes many...
. The island lies between the islands of Golma (to the west) and Stabblandet
Stabblandet
Stabblandet is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies to the west of the island of Ertvågsøya, south of Solskjel, east of Tustna, and north of the mainland of Halsa. Most of the population lives on the northern part of the island. The highest...
and Solskjel
Solskjel
Solskjel or Solskjelsøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island sits just north of Stabblandet, northeast of Tustna, and west of Ertvågsøy....
(to the east).
History
Tustna was originally a part of the municipality of EdøyEdøy
Edøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Smøla.-History:...
(see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...
). A meeting held on 17 March 1863 decided to build a church on Tustern (which was the name of the island at that time) and thereby gain status as a separate parish. A royal resolution of 3 May 1873 directed that Tustern be separated from Edøy to create a separate municipality. This happened on 1 January 1874. The new municipality had an initial population of 1,179. On 1 January 1965, a small part of Tustna on the island of Ertvågsøy
Ertvågsøy
Ertvågsøy or Ertvågøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has an area of and the highest point is the tall Korsbekkfjellet. The small islands of Rottøya and Ruøya lie to the east of the island and the islands of Solskjel and Stabblandet lie to...
(population: 85) was moved to Aure
Aure, Norway
Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Stemshaug, Todalen, and Tjeldbergodden. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.The municipality includes many...
. On 1 January 2006, Tustna was merged into the municipality of Aure. At the end, Tustna had a population of 1,006.
Name
The municipality was named after the island of Tustna. The Old NorseOld Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
form of the name in unknown (the name of the island is first mentioned on a Dutch map from 1623: "Toester"). It might be derived from the word þústr which means "staff" or "stick", and in that case it is probably referring to the form of one of the mountains on the island.