Krødsherad
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| Krødsherad kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 60°11′42″N 9°39′52″E / 60.195°N 9.66444°ECoordinates: 60°11′42″N 9°39′52″E / 60.195°N 9.66444°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Buskerud | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0622 | ||
| Administrative centre | Noresund | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Olav Skinnes (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) | ||
| Area (Nr. 248 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 375 km2 (144.8 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 340 km2 (131.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,201 | ||
| - Density | 6/km2 (15.5/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -4.6 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 327 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Krylling[1] | ||
| Website | www.krodsherad.kommune.no | ||
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Krødsherad is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Noresund. The municipality of Krødsherad was established when it was separated from the municipality of Sigdal on 1 January 1901.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Krœðisherað. The first element (Krœðir) has no known meaning, but it is the genitive case of the name of the lake Krøderen. The last element is herað meaning "district". Prior to 1918, the name was spelled Krødsherred.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 11 September 1981. The arms are supposedly canting arms. In older times, the name, Krødsherad, was commonly misunderstood as the word kross meaning "cross" or the area where two valleys crossed. Thus the saltire cross was taken as a symbol in the arms. New insights, however, derive the name from Krøderen, or a lake with a sharp curve (hooked-lake).[2]
[edit] Geography
The district lies on the Krøderfjord in Hallingdal, and borders on the municipalities of Ringerike, Flå, Sigdal and Modum. The municipality lies only 10 old Norwegian miles from Oslo.
The municipal centre, Noresund, is situated on the east side of lake Krøderen. In the south end of the same lake lies the other centre in Krødsherad: Krøderen. The Norefjell alpine ski resort located in Krødsherad was host to the downhill and giant slalom competitions of the 1952 Winter Olympics.
[edit] Economy
With the shoreline at Krøderen and the high mountains at Norefjell, the municipality enjoys a spectrum of natural environments from lake to mountain. As a result there are many vacation homes in the municipality and tourism is an important contribution element in the Krødsherad economy.
[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/k/krodsher.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
[edit] External links
Media related to Krødsherad at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Krødsherad- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Buskerud travel guide from Wikitravel
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