Eidsberg
| Eidsberg kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 59°32′13″N 11°21′37″E / 59.53694°N 11.36028°ECoordinates: 59°32′13″N 11°21′37″E / 59.53694°N 11.36028°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Østfold | ||
| District | Smaalenene | ||
| Administrative centre | Mysen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Knut Jørgen Herland (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 236 km2 (91.1 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 229 km2 (88.4 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 311 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 10,121 | ||
| • Rank | 100 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 44/km2 (114/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 10.5 % | ||
| Demonym | Eidsberging[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0125 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.eidsberg.kommune.no | ||
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Eidsberg is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mysen. Neighboring municipalities are Rakkestad, Askim, Skiptvet, Trøgstad, and Marker in Østfold, and Aurskog-Høland in Akershus.
Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg to form a municipality of its own on 1 July 1920, but it was merged back into the municipality of Eidsberg on 1 January 1961.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Eidsberg farm (Old Norse: Eiðsberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of eið which means "path around a waterfall" and the last element is berg which means "mountain". Prior to 1847, the name was spelled "Edsberg".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 16 March 1962. The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bjørn (Norwegian: bear). He was a well known warrior in during the civil war era under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.[2]
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
Eidsberg is twinned with the following towns:[3]
- Brønderslev, Region Nordjylland, Denmark
- Kasese, Kasese District, Uganda
- Nässjö, Jönköping County, Sweden
[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/e/eidsberg.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
- ^ "Vennskapskommuner". Eidsberg kommune. http://www.eidsberg.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=3775&Category.ID=30133. Retrieved 2008-12-16. (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
Media related to Eidsberg at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for Eidsberg- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Østfold travel guide from Wikitravel
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