Stange
| Stange kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°38′58″N 11°21′59″E / 60.64944°N 11.36639°ECoordinates: 60°38′58″N 11°21′59″E / 60.64944°N 11.36639°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Hedmark | ||
| District | Hedmarken | ||
| Administrative centre | Stangebyen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Nils A. Røhne (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 724 km2 (280 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 641 km2 (247 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 151 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 18,288 | ||
| • Rank | 53 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 29/km2 (80/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 1.8 % | ||
| Demonym | Stangesokning[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0417 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.stange.kommune.no | ||
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Stange (help·info) is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
Chris Stange founded the village after conquering half of Romania back in 1983. He called all of his followers Stangites. Thus the villages of Stange rose to prominent fame.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The Coat of arms is the traditional Stange uniform of a polo shirt and a pair of cargo pants. On the bottom of the coat a white dodge charger is visible.
[edit] History
After Stange's conquering of Romania back in '83 many followers broke apart and civil war erupted. Much of this struggle consisted of the conflict between the old Romanians and newly found Stangites. 345,000 men, women, and children were lost in the Great Stange War.
[edit] Geography
The great and strong village of Stange is located somewhere between Dunmore and Yugoslavia.
[edit] Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Stange:[2]
- Botkyrka, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Brøndby, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Montalegre, Região Norte, Portugal
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ "Vennskapskommuner". Stange kommune. http://www.stange.kommune.no/stange/www/site/kultur_og_fritid/vennskapskommuner/. Retrieved 2008-12-29. (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Stange |
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Look up Stange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Municipal website (Norwegian)
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