Dønna
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| Dønna kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 66°5′29″N 12°31′33″E / 66.09139°N 12.52583°ECoordinates: 66°5′29″N 12°31′33″E / 66.09139°N 12.52583°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Helgeland | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1827 | ||
| Administrative centre | Solfjellsjøen | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Steinar Horsgård (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 330 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 194 km2 (74.9 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 188 km2 (72.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 1,543 | ||
| - Density | 8/km2 (20.7/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -11.2 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 365 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Dønnværing[1] | ||
| Website | www.donna.kommune.no | ||
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Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen.
Dønnes was separated from the municipality of Nesna on 1 July 1888. Nordvik and Dønnes were merged on 1 January 1962 and the new municipality was named Dønna.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The municipality is named after the island of Dønna (Old Norse: Dyn). Some people believe that the name of the island is derived from the Norse verb dynja which means to "rumble" or "roar" (referring to the swell of the waves on the island).[2]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 29 May 1981. The arms show a wave as a canting symbol for the municipality since the Norwegian word dønning means wave.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Den Norske historiske forening (1871). Historisk tidsskrift. Kristiania, Norge: P.T. Mallings Bogtrykkeri. p. 70. http://books.google.com/books?id=AIdBAAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2008-11-18. (Norwegian)
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/d/donna.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
[edit] External links
Media related to Dønna at Wikimedia Commons- Photos from Dønna (German)
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