Ski, Norway
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| Ski kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Akershus | ||
| District | Follo | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0213 | ||
| Administrative centre | Ski | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Georg Stub (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 351 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 166 km² (64.1 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 162 km² (62.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 26,588 | ||
| - Density | 164/km² (424.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 13.7 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 31 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
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| Website: www.ski.kommune.no | |||
Ski is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway.
Ski was separated from Kråkstad July 1, 1931. The rest of Kråkstad was merged with Ski January 1, 1964.
Ski is located southeast of Oslo. Ski has the administrative status of a town/city (Norwegian: "by"), and can be divided into a centre ("Ski Sentrum") surrounding Ski railroad station and the suburban/rural villages of Kråkstad, Langhus and Siggerud. Ski is the trade and commercial centre of the Follo region. The centre is dominated by a large mall containing shops, cafes and a cinema complex. The mall was built in 1994, replacing some of the oldest buildings of Ski centre. Outside of the centre, Ski is largely an area of forestry and agriculture. Ski can be described as an exurb of Oslo.
Ski, as most of Follo, lies on ancient rock foundations. Throughout the local authority from east to west there is a moraine left from the Ice age. Stone age tools are still being found when fields are ploughed, and Ski has more than 300 registered ancient historical artifacts. Remains from the Iron age can also be seen here. In Kråkstad and Ski are two stone churches from medieval times. The name Ski is etymologically derived from the older form "Skeidar", meaning "horse pasture", and is not linked to the sport of skiing.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Ski (Norse Skeiði). The word skeiði n is a sideform to skeið n 'running track for horseracing'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows horseheads arranged in a triskelion. (See above under the name.)
(See also the coat-of-arms of Skedsmo.)
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