Gildeskål

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Gildeskål kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Nordland within Norway
Gildeskål within Nordland
Coordinates: 67°1′24″N 14°4′38″E / 67.02333, 14.07722
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Salten
Municipality ID	NO-1838
Administrative centre	Inndyr
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Walter Pedersen (H)
Area (Nr. 167 in Norway)
- Total	662 km² (255.6 sq mi)
- Land	619 km² (239 sq mi)
Population (2007)
- Total	2,096
- Density	4/km² (10.4/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-11.6 %
- Rank in Norway	323
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Demonym	Gildeskålfjerding or Gildeskålværing[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.gildeskal.kommune.no

Gildeskål is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.

Gildeskål was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Beiarn was separated from Gildeskål in 1853. Gildeskål is part of the Bodø Region.

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Gildeskål (Norse Gildaskáli), since the first church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of gildi n 'feast, banquet', the last element is skáli m 'hall'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows a cup. (The motive is inspired by the meaning of the name Gildeskål - see above.)

[edit] External links

• Beautiful video from Sandvika • Sandhornøy • Gildeskål.

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