| Vegårshei kommune | |||
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| Vegårshei within Aust-Agder | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Aust-Agder | ||
| District | Sørlandet | ||
| Administrative centre | Myra | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Maya Marianne Twedt Berli (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 355.65 km2 (137.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 322.37 km2 (124.5 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 33.28 km2 (12.8 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 255 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 1,886 | ||
| • Rank | 344 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 5.9/km2 (15.3/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 2.6 % | ||
| Demonym | Vegårsheiing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0912 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.vegarshei.kommune.no | ||
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Vegårshei is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Myra.
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The parish of Vegaardsheien was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.
The Old Norse form of the name may have been Vigisheiðr. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the lake Vegår (the Norse form, and the meaning, of the name is uncertain). The last element is heiðr which means "heath" or "moor".[2]
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 April 1987. The arms show a fox as a representative of the local wildlife and also for the fox farming in the village.[3]
Vegårshei is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Nissedal and Gjerstad, on the east by Risør, on the south by Tvedestrand, and on the west by Åmli.
The largest lake in Vegårshei is Vegår.
Vegårshei used to be an agricultural and lumbering community.
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