Hurdal

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Hurdal kommune
County Akershus
District Romerike
Municipality NO-0239
Administrative centre Hurdal
Mayor (2003) Jorunn Larsen Glosli (SV)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 284
285 km²
261 km²
0.09 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 292
2,679
0.06 %
5.4 %
10/km²
Coordinates 60°24′N 11°0′E
www.hurdal.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 60°24′N 11°0′E

Hurdal is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway. It is located about 70 km north of Oslo, along the lake "Hurdalsjøen". About 2 km north of the centre "Auto'n", there's a ski resort.

[edit] The name

The name (Norse Urđardalr and Hurđardalr) is an old district name. (The name of the church site is Gjøing.) The first element is the genitive case of a disappered rivername (later called Gjøingelva 'Gjøing river'), probably *Urđ 'stony river' (from urđ f 'scree'). (The sideform Hurđardalr has an addition of a false /h/.) The last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'.

Until 1918 the name was written "Hurdalen".


Municipalities of Akershus Akershus coat of arms

Asker | Aurskog-Høland | Bærum | Eidsvoll | Enebakk | Fet | Frogn | Gjerdrum | Hurdal | Lørenskog | Nannestad | Nes | Nesodden | Nittedal | Oppegård | Rælingen | Skedsmo | Ski | Sørum | Ullensaker | Vestby | Ås