Lavangen
| Lavangen kommune Loabát |
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| Coordinates: 68°39′28″N 17°35′1″E / 68.65778°N 17.58361°ECoordinates: 68°39′28″N 17°35′1″E / 68.65778°N 17.58361°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Troms | ||
| District | Midt-Troms | ||
| Administrative centre | Tennevoll | ||
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| • Mayor (2007) | Viktor Andberg (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 301.68 km2 (116.5 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 296.92 km2 (114.6 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 4.76 km2 (1.8 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 276 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 1,012 | ||
| • Rank | 404 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -3.8 % | ||
| Demonym | Lavangsværing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1920 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.lavangen.kommune.no | ||
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Lavangen (North Sami: Loabát) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tennevoll. The municipality is situated around the area of the river Spansdalelva og Lavangen fjord. The population living in the villages Fossbakken and Spansdalen in the inland, and in rural areas at the fjord; Kjeiprød, Røkenes, Lottenes, Tennevoll, Hesjevika, Soløy, Lia, and Å.
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[edit] General information
Lavangen was established on 1 January 1907 when it was separated from the municipality of Ibestad. The initial population was 1,536. On 1 January 1964, Lavangen was merged into the neighboring municipality of Salangen. The merger was brief, however, because on 1 January 1977, the old Lavangen municipality (except for the Lavangsnes area) was made a separate municipality once again.[2]
[edit] Name
The municipality is named after the fjord (Old Norse: Laufangr). The first element is lauf which means "leaf" (here in the sense of 'birchwood') and the last element is angr which means "fjord".[3]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). The arms are a canting of the name (which means leaf) since it shows three gold-colored birch leaves on a red background. The three leaves represent how the municipality was settled by Norwegians, Samis, and Kvens.[4]
(See also coat-of-arms of Birkenes and Bjerkreim)
[edit] Attractions
Spanstind rundt is a famous cross-country skiing race in Lavangen, it is on Maundy Thursday.
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1911) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Troms amt (17 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 36. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=270908&avid=60032.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Lavangen" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Lavangen/kommune_i_Troms. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
[edit] External links
Media related to Lavangen at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for lavangen- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Troms travel guide from Wikitravel
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