Eide
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| Eide kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 62°55′41″N 7°22′25″E / 62.92806°N 7.37361°ECoordinates: 62°55′41″N 7°22′25″E / 62.92806°N 7.37361°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1551 | ||
| Administrative centre | Eide | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Arnfinn Storvik (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 356 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 152 km2 (58.7 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 146 km2 (56.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 3,287 | ||
| - Density | 23/km2 (59.6/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 7.2 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 258 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Eidesokning[1] | ||
| Website | www.eide.kommune.no | ||
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Eide is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eide. The municipality was separated from Kvernes on 1 January 1897.
The town is known for its traditional and modern limestone (marble) quarries and related crafts industry. The Atlanterhavsvegen coastal road goes here.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Eide farm (Old Norse: Eið), since the first church was built there (in 1869). The name is identical with the word eið which means "isthmus" or "neck of land".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 9 July 1982. The arms show three white whooping swans (Cygnus cygnus), which are very common in the many rich lakes in the area. Each swam has seven feathers, representing the seven villages in the municipality.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/e/eide.htm. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
[edit] External links
Media related to Eide at Wikimedia Commons
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