Hå

Hå kommune
Municipality

Coat of arms
Rogaland within
Norway

Hå within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°36′23″N 5°43′29″E / 58.60639°N 5.72472°ECoordinates: 58°36′23″N 5°43′29″E / 58.60639°N 5.72472°E
Country Norway
County Rogaland
District Jæren
Administrative centre Varhaug
Government
 • Mayor (2008) Terje Mjåtveit (Nærbølista)
Area
 • Total 259 km2 (100 sq mi)
 • Land 249 km2 (96 sq mi)
Area rank 297 in Norway
Population (2008)
 • Total 15,438
 • Rank 66 in Norway
 • Density 60/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 14.4 %
Demonym Håbu[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1119
Official language form Neutral
Website www.ha.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway
Historical population
YearPop.±%
197110,607—    
198112,327+16.2%
199113,022+5.6%
200114,017+7.6%
201116,822+20.0%
2021?20,903+24.3%
2031?24,512+17.3%
Source: Statistics Norway.[2]

Hå is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Hå is the southernmost municipality in the district Jæren.

The parish of Haa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was divided into Nærbø and Varhaug in 1894. The municipality of Hå was (re)created after the merger of Nærbø, Varhaug, and Ogna on 1 January 1964. In local politics, the divisions between the three previous municipalities are very visible.

General information

Name

The municipality is named after the old Hå farm (Old Norse: Háar). The meaning of the name is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 5 July 1991. The arms show a special type of local winch, used to remove stones from the fields. It also symbolizes the hard living on the rocky soils of the municipality.[3]

Settlements

List of villages in Hå[4]
NamePopulationArea (km²)Residents per km²
Brusand3920.231,704
Hæen3010.261,158
Nærbø5,8812.991,967
Ogna3760.341,106
Sirevåg4550.68669
Varhaug2,6191.571,668
Vigrestad1,8501.271,457
Sandy beaches at Ogna, in the southern part of the municipality.
Photo by: Gunleiv Hadland

References

  1. ↑ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ Projected population - Statistics Norway
  3. ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 8 October 2008.
  4. ↑ Statistics Norway, "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2009". Retrieved on 16 June 2009

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