Hemsedal
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| Hemsedal kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Buskerud | ||
| District | Hallingdal | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0618 | ||
| Administrative centre | Hemsedal | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Oddvar Grøthe (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 145 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 753 km² (290.7 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 711 km² (274.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 1,876 | ||
| - Density | 3/km² (7.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 13.2 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 341 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Hemsedøl[1] | ||
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| Website: www.hemsedal.kommune.no | |||
Hemsedal is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
Hemsedal was separated from Gol in 1897.
The municipality is bordered in the north by Vang and Vestre Slidre in Oppland county, in the east by Nord-Aurdal, Oppland and Gol, in the south by Ål and Hol, and in the west by Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane county.
Hemsedal is the second largest ski resort in Norway and has the largest number of millionaires per capita.
From the museum farm Øvre Løkji there are several trails up into the mountains.
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[edit] The name
The Norse form of the name was Hemsudalr. The first element is the genitive case of a rivername Hemsa (now Hemsil), the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The meaning of the rivername is unknown.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1992). It shows the head of a lynx.
(See also the coat-of-arms of Bygland and Hamarøy.)
[edit] What to see
Hemsedal Bygdetun located at Øvre Løkji in the village Ulsåk. The museum has houses and artifacts from the first part of the 18th century and all the way to modern times. The farm is located in the middle of an agricultural landscape formed by old methods.
[edit] History
One of the last stave churches to be dismantled was Hemsedal stave church, dismantled in 1882. After the dismantling of this church the interest changed and the remaining churches in Hallingdal survived.
[edit] Trivia
The Norwegian word hems ('bed built in a small loftroom') is named (ironically) after the valley Hemsedal.
[edit] References
- ^ Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg (Norwegian)
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