Hægebostad
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| Hægebostad kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1034 | ||
| Administrative centre | Tingvatn | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Ånen Werdal (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 218 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 462 km² (178.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 425 km² (164.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 1,616 | ||
| - Density | 4/km² (10.4/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -0.6 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 361 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
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| Website: www.haegebostad.kommune.no | |||
Hægebostad is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.
Hægebostad was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Eiken was separated from Hægebostad January 1, 1916 - but it was again merged with Hægebostad January 1, 1963.
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.
[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'.
Until 1889 the name was written Hegebostad.
[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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