Gildeskål
| Gildeskål kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 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 | ||
| Administrative centre | Inndyr | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Walter Pedersen (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 662 km2 (256 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 619 km2 (239 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 167 in Norway | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 2,096 | ||
| • Rank | 323 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 4/km2 (10/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -11.6 % | ||
| Demonym | Gildeskålfjerding Gildeskålværing[1] |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1838 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| 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]
(See also coat-of-arms of Jevnaker)
[edit] Geography
Lakes in the region include Fellvatnet
[edit] Buildings and structures
At Gildaskál, there is a VLF-transmitter used for sending messages to submerged submarines ( callsign: JXN, frequency: 16.4 kHz). It uses as antenna multiple wires spun between two mountains [1]. The transmitter building is at 66°58′58″N 13°52′23″E / 66.98278°N 13.87306°E.
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ a b "Kommunevåpenet". Gildeskål kommune. https://gildeskal.kommune.no/vedtekter/kommunevapenet.html. Retrieved 2008-11-20. (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
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