Bokn
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| Coordinates: 59°12′1″N 5°25′23″E / 59.20028°N 5.42306°ECoordinates: 59°12′1″N 5°25′23″E / 59.20028°N 5.42306°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Rogaland | ||
| District | Haugaland | ||
| Administrative centre | Føresvik | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Kyrre Lindanger (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 47 km2 (18 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 421 in Norway | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 823 | ||
| • Rank | 417 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 17/km2 (40/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -1.0 % | ||
| Demonym | Boknar[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1145 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www.bokn.kommune.no | ||
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Bokn is a municipality in the Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. Bokn was separated from Skudenes in 1849.
Bokn is one of the smaller municipalities of Rogaland, consisting of 3 islands: Ognøy, Austre (eastern) Bokn, and Vestre (western) Bokn. The three islands are now linked via bridges to Tysvær on the mainland, and the main coastal highway between Stavanger and Bergen now pass over Bokn, connecting southwards by ferries to Rennesøy. There are specific plans of building an undersea tunnel directly to the mainland north of Stavanger.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The municipality is named after the islands of Austre and Vestre Bokn (Old Norse: Bókn). The name is probably very old and its meaning is unknown. Before 1889, the name was written "Bukken".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 8 August 1986. The arms show six silver coins on a blue background. The blue background represents the sea and the coins symbolize the richness from the sea, as the municipality is on an island and dependent on fishing and sailing.[2][3]
[edit] Economy
Apart from a factory producing various tanks made of glassfiber-reinforced plastic (Bokn Plast), there is no industry on the islands other than some fish farming. People have traditionally lived off fishing and farming, but more recently, some work has been in the North Sea petroleum industry. Tourism is likely to play a bigger part in the future.
[edit] Geography
Geographically, the islands are rugged with lots of small hills with small lakes in the valleys. The hills are largely covered with heather, but bushes and trees are increasingly competing, especially birch. The highest point is the 297 meter high Boknafjellet, a small mountain on Vestre Bokn island.
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/b/bokn.htm. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
- ^ Jardar Havikbotn (2005). "Bygdabladet er 20 år". http://www.bokn.kommune.no/index.cfm?tmpl=nyhetBygdabladet&nyhetid=538. Retrieved 2008-10-08. (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
Media related to Bokn at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for Bokn- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Rogaland travel guide from Wikitravel
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