Høylandet

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Høylandet kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms of Høylandet kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Høylandet kommune
Nord-Trøndelag within
Norway
Høylandet within Nord-Trøndelag
Høylandet within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°43′27″N 12°20′2″E / 64.72417, 12.33389
Country Norway
County Nord-Trøndelag
District Namdalen
Municipality ID NO-1743
Administrative centre Høylandet
Government
 - Mayor (2003) Lars Otto Okstad (Sp)
Area (Nr. 144 in Norway)
 - Total 755 km² (291.5 sq mi)
 - Land 703 km² (271.4 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 - Total 1,258
 - Density 2/km² (5.2/sq mi)
 - Change (10 years) -9.7 %
 - Rank in Norway 389
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form Neutral
Demonym Hålling[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.hoylandet.kommune.no

Høylandet is a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

Høylandet was separated from Grong January 1, 1901.

[edit] Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Høylandir. The first element is høy n 'hay', the last element is the plural form of land n 'land, region'. Also see the names of Høland and Hølonda.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from 1990. It shows a swan (Cygnus cygnus). Also see the coat-of-arms of Gjøvik and Eide.