In the borderland between the Moere coastline and the high mountains towards
Trollheimen, Dovre and Romsdalsfjella are the district of Tingvoll, Gjemnes, Nesset and
Sunndal, which together form the "Clover Counties".
These cover an area of almost 3500 km2 with steep mountains, gentle ridges, fjords,
waterfalls and bounteous cultural landscape.
The barely 17 000 permanent residents are mainly found along the fjords and in the
valleys, in small rural communities.
The town of Sunndalsoera is the only industrial area, which has been developed around
the cornerstone company, Hydro Aluminium, over the past 40-50 years.
Both the buildings and the cultural landscape are characterized by farming as the
peoples' way of life from time immemorial. Farming continues to be important, but smaller
industrial enterprises and service companies are gradually beginning to make their mark on
more populated areas.
The "Clover Counties" have long, historical traditions regarding
communications. The Vikings transported their ships by land in order to avoid our exposed
coastline. Later, both passengers and post were transported through our districts along
the coast between Bergen and Trondheim.
The fine church at Tingvoll is one thing which bear witness to the fact that the area
was an important junction in our part of the country. Today, Krifast (the Kristiansund
mainland causeway) links Kristiansund and lager parts of the region without using ferries.
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