Bø, Telemark
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| County | Telemark | |
| District | Midt-Telemark | |
| Municipality | NO-0821 | |
| Administrative centre | Bø i Telemark | |
| Mayor (2003) | Arne Storhaug (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 292 263 km² 258 km² 0.08 % |
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| Population - Total (2006) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 188 5,307 0.11 % 8.5 % 20/km² |
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| www.bo.kommune.no |
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Bø (or Bø i Telemark) is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. It has 5,307 inhabitants as of January 1, 2006.
Bø is famous for its waterpark Sommarland (the largest of its kind in Norway), its folk traditions and for hosting one of four branches of Telemark University College (Høgskolen i Telemark).
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Bø (Norse Bœr), since the first church was built here. The name is identical with the word bœr m 'homestead, farm'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows three fiddles.
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Bamble | Bø | Drangedal | Fyresdal | Hjartdal | Kragerø | Kviteseid | Nissedal | Nome | Notodden | Porsgrunn | Sauherad | Seljord | Siljan | Skien | Tinn | Tokke | Vinje |
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