Flå
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| Flå kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 60°24′31″N 9°29′3″E / 60.40861°N 9.48417°ECoordinates: 60°24′31″N 9°29′3″E / 60.40861°N 9.48417°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Buskerud | ||
| District | Hallingdal | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0615 | ||
| Administrative centre | Flå | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Tor Egil Buøen (Bygdeliste) | ||
| Area (Nr. 159 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 670 km2 (258.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| - Total | 974 | ||
| - Density | 2/km2 (5.2/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -12.9 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 405 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Fløværing[1] | ||
| Website | www.flaa.kommune.no | ||
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Flå is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flå. The municipality of Flå was established when it was separated from the municipality of Nes on 1 January 1905. The municipality lies at the most southeasterly point in the valley and traditional region of Hallingdal.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Flóða sokn (sokn means parish). This is the plural genitive case of flœð meaning "flood" (probably because flooding has been a problem for many farms in the river valley). Prior to 1921, the name was written "Flaa".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 1 March 1985. The arms show a black bear on a gray/silver background. This was chosen because there used to be many bears in the Vassfaret area. Prior to 1985, the municipality used a logo with a bear walking through the area.[2][3]
[edit] History
Ancient routes went to Vestlandet through Valdres and Hallingdal and down Røldal to Odda. Reflecting this route, Hallingdal and its neighboring valley of Valdres in Oppland to the north were originally populated by migrants from Vestlandet and spoke a western dialect. In recognition of this, Cardinal Nicholas Breakespear, who was in Scandinavia as papal legate in 1153, included Hallingdal in the diocese of Stavanger.[4]
[edit] Geography
Flå is bordered in the north by Sør-Aurdal, in the east by Ringerike, in the south by Krødsherad and Sigdal, in the west by Nore og Uvdal, and in the northwest by Nes.
[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/f/fla.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ "Kommunevåpen for Flå kommune". Flå kommune. http://www.flaa.kommune.no/Om-Fla/Kommunevapenet/. Retrieved 2009-01-06. (Norwegian)
- ^ Stagg, Frank Noel (1956). East Norway and its Frontier. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.
[edit] External links
Media related to Flå at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Flå- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Buskerud travel guide from Wikitravel
- Culture in Flå on the map from Kulturnett.no
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