Eid, Norway

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Eid kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms of Eid kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Eid kommune
Sogn og Fjordane within
Norway
Eid within Sogn og Fjordane
Eid within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°54′41″N 6°2′14″E / 61.91139, 6.03722
Country Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Nordfjord
Municipality ID NO-1443
Administrative centre Nordfjordeid
Government
 - Mayor (2005) Sonja Edvardsen (Arbeiderpartiet)
Area (Nr. 214 in Norway)
 - Total 469 km² (181.1 sq mi)
 - Land 420 km² (162.2 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 - Total 5,848
 - Density 14/km² (36.3/sq mi)
 - Change (10 years) -0.2 %
 - Rank in Norway 171
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form Nynorsk
Demonym Eidar/-er[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.eid.kommune.no

Eid is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

Eid was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Hornindal was separated from Eid in 1867.

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It lies as a centre in between the other municipalities Måløy, Sandane, Stryn and Volda. Hornindalsvatnet, the deepest lake in Europe, is located there.

The municipal centre of Nordfjord is Nordfjordeid

[edit] The name

The Norse form of the name was Øygir; this was originally the name of a fjord (now Eidsfjorden). The name of the fjord is probably derived from a rivername *Aug, and this again is derived from the word öfugr 'backwards'. The actual river (now called Eidselva) are running in meanders; from certain points it can seem to run backwards.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows the head of a horse. The region is known for its very own race of horses, called the fjording, which is characterised by its white and black mane.

[edit] Famous people from Eid