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Molde is a city and municipality in Romsdal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The city is located on the northern shore of the Romsdalsfjord.
The city of Molde is the administrative center of Møre og Romsdal county, the administrative center of Municipality of Molde, the commercial hub of the Romsdal region, and the seat of the Diocese of Møre. Other main population centers in the municipality include Hjelset, Kleive, and Nesjestranda.
Molde has a maritime, temperate climate, with cool-to-warm summers, and relatively mild winters. The city is nicknamed The Town of Roses.
It is an old settlement which emerged as a trading post in the late Middle Ages. Formal trading rights were introduced in 1614, and the city was incorporated through a royal charter in 1742. Molde was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt)
The city continued to grow throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, becoming a centre for Norwegian textile and garment industry, as well as the administrative center for the region, and a major tourist destination. After World War II, Molde experienced accelerated growth, merging with Bolsøy Municipality and parts of Veøy Municipality on 1 January 1964, and has become a center for not only administrative and public services, but also academic resources and industrial output.
The Molde River runs through Moldemarka and through the city of Molde in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its origins are found at Lake Molde . It follows the Molde Valley on its way to the Molde Fjord . The approximately river is crossed by several bridges.
Although the river is minor and seasonal, there were several sawmills along its course in the 17th and 18th centuries. This gave rise to the city itself through a combination of a good harbour, proximity to the sea routes, vast timber resources, and a river capable of supporting mills.
In 1909, the river also housed the first hydroelectric power plant capable of providing sufficient electricity to the city. Much of the drinking water for the city comes from the upper part of the river. During the reconstruction after the fire of 1916, the lower part of the river and the estuary is controlled by a dam, built just north of the city, which also serves as a reservoir and water supply reserve.
Usage examples of "molde".
Perfectly formed ears had been molded from the rough shapes that had adorned the baldhead.
He molded the mountains with His fists and blew roaring blizzards down the slopes.
Her host stood at the stove, flipping the sweet potato pancakes she had molded earlier.
The wind molded the flaxen skirt to her legs and whipped her curls into a blinding frenzy.
A word that might have been either prayer or oath escaped him as he molded the damp cambric of her drawers to the silky mound beneath.
The damp heat of the winter garden had molded his shirt to his shoulders and tightened the hair at his nape to boyish curls.
It was a solid, mature house, dignified but not pretentious, with high, paneled rooms, lofty gables, and intricately molded ceilings, and it stood by the sea.
A group of about a dozen or so zanily dressed youths, with vivid purple makeup and orange hair molded into spikes and rings, was gathering on an opposite corner.
There they emerged into a circular vestibule with molded pastel walls interspaced with glass panels, and began walking along one of several corridors extending away radially at forty-five-degree spacings.
He was anchored deep, making the sensations for both of them exquisite, silken torture as he molded her to his stunning body.
Martin had taken a geas meant to protect two sisters, and molded it into potent protection for just one.
Interspersed among the large molded items were miniature gift boxes of gold and silver, each stuffed with yummy TenHuis truffles and bonbons and molded bears.
It keeps the front shop going hard, as our summer student helpers sell bonbons, truffles, and molded chocolate to the thousands of tourists and summer residents who pour into Warner Pier every year.
I demonstrated how I could substitute a molded teddy bear for four of the chocolates, and Hart VanHorn approved the plan.
He molded her fingers over her curve, then he drew his hand away, sliding from the channels between her fingers so he caressed her breast through the cage of her hand.