Eidsberg
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| County | Østfold | |
| District | Smaalenene | |
| Municipality | NO-0125 | |
| Administrative centre | Mysen | |
| Mayor (2003) | Knut Jørgen Herland (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 311 236 km² 229 km² 0.07 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 100 10,121 0.22 % 10.5 % 44/km² |
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| www.eidsberg.kommune.no |
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Eidsberg is a municipality in the county of Østfold, Norway. The center of Eidsberg is the town of Mysen. Neighboring municipalities are Rakkestad and Askim.
One of its sister cities is Nässjö in Sweden.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Eidsberg (Norse Eiđsberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of eiđ n 'path around a waterfall', the last element is berg n 'mountain'.
Until 1847 the name was written "Edsberg".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1962). It shows the head of a bear.
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Aremark | Askim | Eidsberg | Fredrikstad | Halden | Hobøl | Hvaler | Marker | Moss | Rakkestad | Rygge | Rømskog | Råde | Sarpsborg | Skiptvet | Spydeberg | Trøgstad | Våler |
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