Gildeskål
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| Gildeskål kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 67°1′24″N 14°4′38″E / 67.02333°N 14.07722°ECoordinates: 67°1′24″N 14°4′38″E / 67.02333°N 14.07722°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Salten | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1838 | ||
| Administrative centre | Inndyr | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Walter Pedersen (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 167 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 662 km2 (255.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 619 km2 (239 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - Total | 2,096 | ||
| - Density | 4/km2 (10.4/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -11.6 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 323 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Gildeskålfjerding Gildeskålværing[1] |
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| Website | www.gildeskal.kommune.no | ||
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Gildeskål is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Gildeskål was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Beiarn was separated from Gildeskål in 1853. Gildeskål is part of the Bodø Region.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gildeskål farm (Old Norse: Gildaskáli), since the first church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of gildi which means "feast" or "banquet" and the last element is skáli which means "hall".[2]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). The arms show a cup which is a canting of the meaning of the name Gildeskål.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ a b "Kommunevåpenet". Gildeskål kommune. https://gildeskal.kommune.no/vedtekter/kommunevapenet.html. Retrieved 2008-11-20. (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
Media related to Gildeskål at Wikimedia Commons
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