Hjartdal
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| Hjartdal kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Telemark | ||
| District | Øst-Telemark | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0827 | ||
| Administrative centre | Sauland | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Olav Tho (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 137 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 792 km² (305.8 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 739 km² (285.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 1,633 | ||
| - Density | 2/km² (5.2/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -2.8 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 359 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
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| Website: www.hjartdal.kommune.no | |||
Hjartdal is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway.
Hjartdal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Hjartdal is one of Norway's many nature and culture pearls. It consists of three small communities, Hjartdal, Sauland and Tuddal.
[edit] The name
The Norse form of the name was Hjartdalr. The first element is probably a rivername *Hjarta (now Hjartdøla), the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The rivername is derived from hjortr m 'red deer'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It shows a red deer. (See above under the information of the name.)
(See also the coat-of-arms of Gjemnes, Hitra and Voss.)
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