Hægebostad
| Hægebostad kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 58°27′24″N 7°13′11″E / 58.45667°N 7.21972°ECoordinates: 58°27′24″N 7°13′11″E / 58.45667°N 7.21972°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| District | Sørlandet | ||
| Administrative centre | Tingvatn | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Ånen Werdal (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 462 km2 (178 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 425 km2 (164 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 218 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 1,616 | ||
| • Rank | 361 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 4/km2 (10/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -0.6 % | ||
| Demonym | Hægdøl[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1034 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www.haegebostad.kommune.no | ||
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Hægebostad is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Hægebostad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Eiken was separated from Hægebostad on 1 January 1916 but it was again merged back with Hægebostad on 1 January 1963.
It is an inland municipality, with Åseral municipality to the northeast, Kvinesdal to the west, Lyngdal to the south, and Audnedal to the east.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hægebostad farm (Old Norse Helgabólstaðir), since the first church was built there. The first element is helg- which means "holy" and the last element is the plural form of bólstaðr which means "homestead" or "farm". Before 1889, the name was written Hegebostad.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 April 1986. The arms show the two swords dating from the 4th–6th century that were found in the municipality. They symbolize the famous swords of Snartemo and Eiken found in the municipality. The swords were highly decorated with silver and gold.[2]
(See also coat-of-arms of Balestrand)
[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/h/haegebos.htm. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
[edit] External links
Media related to Hægebostad at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for Hægebostad- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Vest-Agder travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal website (Norwegian)
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