Lindås
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| County | Hordaland | |
| District | Nordhordland | |
| Municipality | NO-1263 | |
| Administrative centre | Knarvik | |
| Mayor (2003) | Tove Linnea Brandvik (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 213 476 km² 457 km² 0.15 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 83 12,879 0.28 % 6.1 % 28/km² |
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| www.lindas.kommune.no |
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Lindås is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
The administrative centre is Knarvik, located in the southeast part of the municipality. Other areas of population are Lindås, Seim, Ostereidet, Alversund and Leknes.
The municipality also has one of the largest oil refineries in northern Europe at its most northern tip. The oil refinery at Mongstad is by far the largest employer.
Ancient settlements of Vikings are found in several places. At Seim there is a tomb of a Viking king of Norway, King Haakon. At Lindås there are stories of monks coming from England and living with the Viking population.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Lindås (Norse Lindiáss), since the first church was built there. The first element is lindi m 'linden (Tilia) wood', the last element is áss m 'mountain ridge'.
Until 1921 the name was written "Lindaas".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1979). It shows a tree of linden (Tilia).
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Askøy | Austevoll | Austrheim | Bergen | Bømlo | Eidfjord | Etne | Fedje | Fitjar | Fjell | Fusa | Granvin | Jondal | Kvam | Kvinnherad | Lindås | Masfjorden | Meland | Modalen | Odda | Os | Osterøy | Radøy | Samnanger | Stord | Sund | Sveio | Tysnes | Ullensvang | Ulvik | Vaksdal | Voss | Øygarden |
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