Gulen
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| County | Sogn og Fjordane | |
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| Municipality | NO-1411 | |
| Administrative centre | Eivindvik | |
| Mayor (2003) | Trude Brosvik (KrF) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 184 597 km² 575 km² 0.18 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 305 2,462 0.05 % -1.6 % 4/km² |
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| www.gulen.kommune.no |
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Gulen is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Gulafjorden is considered to be the place where Norway's west-coastal Vikings met at the Gulating, a governing body. The area in Gulafjorden called Flolid is now a national historic place, where an open air theater and annual summer play commemorates the Vikings who gathered there 1000 years ago to accept Christianity.
[edit] The name
The name (Norse Guli) originally belonged to the fjord (now Gulafjorden). The name is probably derived from the word gul n '(strong) wind'.
Until 1891 the name of the municipality was Evindvik (now written Eivindvik).
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1990). It shows the two stone crosses found near the village of Eivindvik that are believed to be about 1000 years old, erected there after the Vikings who met at the Gulating gathering embraced Christianity.
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| Municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane | |
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Nordfjord: Bremanger | Eid | Gloppen | Hornindal | Selje | Stryn | Vågsøy |
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