Gjerdrum
| Gjerdrum kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°4′57″N 11°0′52″E / 60.0825°N 11.01444°ECoordinates: 60°4′57″N 11°0′52″E / 60.0825°N 11.01444°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Akershus | ||
| District | Romerike | ||
| Administrative centre | Ask | ||
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| • Mayor (2007) | Hanne Bakke von Clemm (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 83 km2 (32 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 82 km2 (31.7 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 396 in Norway | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 5,567 | ||
| • Rank | 192 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 60/km2 (155.4/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 31.6 % | ||
| Demonym | Gjermsokning[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0234 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.gjerdrum.kommune.no | ||
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Gjerdrum is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike.
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[edit] General information
Gjerdrum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Gjerdrum borders the municipalities of Nannestad, Nittedal, Ullensaker, Skedsmo, and Sørum. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ask.
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gjerdrum farm (Norse Gerðarvin). The first element is the genitive of a river name Gerð and the last element is vin f 'meadow, pasture'. The river name is derived from the Norse word garðr meaning 'fence' and so the meaning is 'the river whose function is a fence (and/or as a border)'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1993. The arms show a traditional Norwegian form of roundpole fence. The arms are also canting because the name of the municipality refers to a fence.[2]
[edit] Sports
The local sports team is Gjerdrum IL.
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ "Om kommunevåpenet i Gjerdrum". Gjerdrum kommune. http://www.gjerdrum.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=5079&Category.ID=10737. Retrieved 2008-12-18. (Norwegian)
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[edit] External links
Media related to Gjerdrum at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for Gjerdrum- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Akershus travel guide from Wikitravel
- GIL football (Norwegian)
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