Hægebostad
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| County | Vest-Agder | |
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| Municipality | NO-1034 | |
| Administrative centre | Tingvatn | |
| Mayor (2003) | Ånen Werdal (H) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 218 462 km² 425 km² 0.14 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 361 1,616 0.04 % -0.6 % 4/km² |
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| www.haegebostad.kommune.no |
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Hægebostad is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. It is an inland municipality, and borders in the north-east on Åseral municipality, Kvinesdal in the west, Lyngdal in the south and Audnedal in the east.
In 1963, Hægebostad and Eiken were merged into Hægebostad municipality.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Hægebostad (Norse Helgabólstaðir), since the first church was built there. The first element is helg- 'holy', the last element is the plural form of bólstaðr 'homestead, farm'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). The two swords symbolize the famous swords of Snartemo and Eiken found in the municipality.
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Audnedal | Farsund | Flekkefjord | Hægebostad | Kristiansand | Kvinesdal | Lindesnes | Lyngdal | Mandal | Marnardal | Sirdal | Songdalen | Søgne | Vennesla | Åseral |
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