Andebu
| Andebu kommune | |||
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| Municipality | |||
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View of Andebu seen from Dalaåsen. Andebu is mainly forests and lakes. (Photo: Gunnar Gallis) | |||
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 Andebu within Vestfold | |||
| Coordinates: 59°17′50″N 10°6′18″E / 59.29722°N 10.10500°ECoordinates: 59°17′50″N 10°6′18″E / 59.29722°N 10.10500°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vestfold | ||
| Administrative centre | Andebu | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | Bjarne Sommerstad (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 186 km2 (72 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 183 km2 (71 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 339 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 5,031 | ||
| • Rank | 191 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 28/km2 (70/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 12.9 % | ||
| Demonym | Andebusokning[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0719 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website |
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Andebu is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Andebu. The parish of Andebo was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Andebu has large areas of woodland. The main villages are Andebu, Høyjord, and Kodal. The church buildings in all three villages are from the Middle Ages; the one in Høyjord is a stave church (Høyjord stave church) which was built around 1150-1200.
General information
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Andabú. The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is bú which means "district". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Andebo".[2]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 12 December 1986. The arms show three silver triangles, each for one of the three villages/parishes in the municipality: Andebu, Høyjord, and Kodal. The three triangles also form the letter A, the initial of the municipality. The colour green represents agriculture and forestry[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (in Norwegian) (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 155.
- ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ↑ "Fakta om Andebu". Andebu kommune. Retrieved 2009-01-11. (Norwegian)
Literature
- Gallis, Dr. Arne. Andebu bygdebok (Andebu municipality genealogy and history).
- Berg, Lorens. Andebu: en vestfoldbygds historie i 1600-aarene "Lat os inkje forfederne gløyma". ISBN 82-993731-0-7.
- Bråvoll, Ole; Gallis, Odd, Ed. Vestfoldmål: Ord og vendinger fra Andebu (Words and phrases from Andebu).
External links
Media related to Andebu at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Andebu at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Vestfold travel guide from Wikivoyage
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