Nannestad
Nannestad Municipality
Nannestad kommune | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
 Viken within Norway | |
 Nannestad within Viken | |
| Coordinates: 60°14′44″N 10°57′10″E / 60.24556°N 10.95278°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Viken |
| District | Romerike |
| Administrative centre | Teigebyen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007-) | Anne-Ragni K. Amundsen (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 341 km2 (132 sq mi) |
| • Land | 324 km2 (125 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #259 in Norway |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 11,362 |
| • Rank | #102 in Norway |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +23% |
| Demonym | Nannestadsokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3036[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Nannestad is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen. Nannestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nannestad farm (Old Norse: Nannastaðir), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of Nanni (an old Norse male name) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three yellow coltsfoot flowers on a green background. This is a flower that is prevalent in the area.[4]
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Poland |
539 |
 Lithuania |
239 |
 Pakistan |
179 |
 Sweden |
156 |
 Philippines |
143 |
 Thailand |
117 |
 Germany |
61 |
 Romania |
56 |
 Iran |
56 |
 Syria |
53 |
Geography
Nannestad is located in northwestern Viken county, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of Maura, Holter and Teigebyen, the latter being the administrative centre.
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Nannestad plaza -
Nannestad upper secondary school -
Field of Nannestad
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
External links
Media related to Nannestad at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Nannestad at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage- Municipality website (in Norwegian)
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