Hjartdal
Hjartdal kommune | |||
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Municipality | |||
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![]() Hjartdal within Telemark | |||
Coordinates: 59°39′54″N 8°43′34″E / 59.66500°N 8.72611°ECoordinates: 59°39′54″N 8°43′34″E / 59.66500°N 8.72611°E | |||
Country | Norway | ||
County | Telemark | ||
District | Øst-Telemark | ||
Administrative centre | Sauland | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor (2011) | Sven Tore Løkslid (Ap) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 792 km2 (306 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 739 km2 (285 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 137 in Norway | ||
Population (2004) | |||
• Total | 1,633 | ||
• Rank | 359 in Norway | ||
• Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) | ||
• Change (10 years) | -2.8 % | ||
Demonym(s) | Hjartdøl[1] | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
ISO 3166 code | NO-0827 | ||
Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
Website |
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Hjartdal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sauland.
The parish of Hierdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It consists of three small communities: Hjartdal, Sauland, and Tuddal.
General information
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Hjartdalr. The first element is probably a river name *Hjarta (now called the Hjartdøla river) and the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The river name is derived from hjǫrtr m 'red deer'.[2]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms show a silver-colored red deer on a green background. They are canting arms because the name of the municipality is derived from the word for deer.
Notable residents
References
- ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
- ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1914). Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt (Dokumentasjonsprosjektet) (in Norwegian) (7 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 297–298.
- ↑ http://www.kjendis.no/2009/02/05/kjendis/japansk_gameshow/japan/tv_3/4707195/
External links
Media related to Hjartdal at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Hjartdal at Wiktionary
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Telemark travel guide from Wikivoyage
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