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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Sogn og Fjordane | ||
| District | Sogn | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1411 | ||
| Administrative centre | Eivindvik | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Trude Brosvik (KrF) | ||
| Area (Nr. ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. Norway is divided into a number of traditional Districts Many districts have deep historical roots and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties Community in Sogn Norwayjpeg|right|200px|thumb|Shore community in Sogn Norway]] Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway (Vestlandet. ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. Eivindvik is the administrative centre of Gulen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. The Christian Democratic Party ( Kristelig Folkeparti or Kristeleg Folkeparti, KrF is a Christian Democratic Norwegian Political party Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 184 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 597 km² (230. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 575 km² (222 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,462 | ||
| - Density | 4/km² (10. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 4/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -1. 6 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 305 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Guling[1] | ||
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| Website: www.gulen.kommune.no | |||
Gulen is a municipality in the southwestern part of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Gule is an Ethnic group belonging to the Shilluk in Northern Sudan. ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. Norway is divided into a number of traditional Districts Many districts have deep historical roots and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties Community in Sogn Norwayjpeg|right|200px|thumb|Shore community in Sogn Norway]] Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway (Vestlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Eivindvik is the administrative centre of Gulen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway.
The municipality of Gulen surrounds the Gulafjorden, which is considered to be the place where Norway's west-coastal Vikings met at the Gulating, a governing body. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Gulating is both the name of one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or Thing and one of the present day Law courts of western Norway The area in Gulafjorden called Flolid (just east of the village of Eivindvik) is now a national historic place, where an open air theater and annual summer play commemorates the Vikings who gathered there 1000 years ago to accept Christianity. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings
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About the Municipality
The name 'Gulen'
The name (Old Norse Guli) originally belonged to the fjord (now called Gulafjorden). Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age The name is probably derived from the word gul which means '(strong) wind'. Until 1891 the name of the municipality was Evenvig or Eivindvig (now written Eivindvik). Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eivindvik is the administrative centre of Gulen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1990). Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) It shows the two stone crosses found near the village of Eivindvik that are believed to be about 1000 years old, erected there after the Vikings who met at the Gulating gathering embraced Christianity. Eivindvik is the administrative centre of Gulen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Gulating is both the name of one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or Thing and one of the present day Law courts of western Norway
History
Eivindvig was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. The municipality of 1838 was created to be identical to the Eivindvig parish (prestegjeld) that included the three sub-parishes (kapellsogn) of Eivindvik, Brekke, and Husøy. The Church of Norway ( Den norske kirke in Bokmål or Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk) is the state church of Norway Eivindvik is the administrative centre of Gulen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
The sub-parish of Brekke was separated from the municipality in 1850 to form a municipality of its own, leaving a total of 3,944 residents in Eivindvig. Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link In 1858, the sub-parish of Husøy was separated from Eivindvig to form its own municipality called Utvær (renamed Solund in 1891). Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This left Eivindvig with 3,018 inhabitants.
On 1 July 1891 the name of Eivindvig municipality was changed to Gulen. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Brekke was merged with Gulen. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Also on that same date, the island of Losna was transferred from Gulen to Solund. Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [2]
Local Churches
The Church of Norway has three churches in Gulen:
- Brekke church (built in 1862) is in the village of Brekke in the eastern part of the municipality. The Church of Norway ( Den norske kirke in Bokmål or Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk) is the state church of Norway Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway.
- Gulen church (built in 1863) is in the village of Eivindvik in the central part of the municipality. Eivindvik is the administrative centre of Gulen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway.
- Mjømna church (built in 1901) is on the island of Mjømna in the western part of the municipality.
Schools
The roughly 2500 residents live scattered throughout the municipality and are divided into four school districts: Brekke, Eivindvik, Dalsøyra, and Byrknes. Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Eivindvik is the administrative centre of Gulen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Dalsøyra is a village in the municipality of Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Byrknes is a village in the municipality of Gulen, Norway. The population in 2007 is 279
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Gulen, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads.
There are 21 representatives that are elected to the municipal council every four years. For 2007-2011, the party breakdown is as follows:
- Centre Party (Senterpartiet) - 6 representatives
- Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig folkeparti) - 5 representatives
- Conservative Party (Høyre) - 4 representatives
- Labour Party (Det Norske Arbeiderpartiet) - 3 representatives
- Liberal Party (Venstre) - 3 representatives[3]
The current mayor of Gulen is Trude Brosvik of the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig folkeparti). The Centre Party ( Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist and agrarian Norwegian Political party founded in 1920 The Christian Democratic Party ( Kristelig Folkeparti or Kristeleg Folkeparti, KrF is a Christian Democratic Norwegian Political party The Conservative Party ( Høyre, H meaning " right " is a Norwegian Political party. The Norwegian Labour Party ( Norwegian: Det norske arbeiderparti ( DNA) or Arbeiderpartiet ( AP) is a Social democratic The Liberal Party of Norway (Venstre V meaning "left" is a social liberal Political party in Norway. The Christian Democratic Party ( Kristelig Folkeparti or Kristeleg Folkeparti, KrF is a Christian Democratic Norwegian Political party
Geography
Gulen has an area of about 600 km2 including about 1500 small islands, islets, and skerries. Skerry (disambiguation A skerry is a small rocky island usually defined to be too small for habitation [4] The mainland is characterized by small valleys and large mountains crossing the landscape.
Gulen is bounded on the north by the Sognefjord and to the south by the Fensfjord with the North Sea to the west of then municipality. The Sognefjord ( Sognefjorden) is the largest Fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world after Scoresby Sund on The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Gulen is bordered by the municipalities of Solund and Hyllestad to the north, by Høyanger to the east, and by Fedje, Lindås, and Masfjorden (all three in Hordaland county) to the south. Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Hyllestad is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Fedje is an island municipality in the county of Hordaland Norway. Lindås is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Masfjorden is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland.
The area is a geological region that contains a relatively low nutrition content ground, which characterizes the types of flora. In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all The moors, which are frequently covered with wild purple heather, are the dominating picure of the area. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent Calluna vulgaris (also known as Ling is the sole species in the Genus Calluna in the family Ericaceae. Due to the large quantity of rain in the area there are lots of types of moss and lichen in Gulen. Mosses are small soft Plants that are typically 1–10 cm (0 Lichens (ˈlaɪkən or /lɪtʃən/ are symbiotic associations of a Fungus (the mycobiont with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont also known as [5]
Most of the land in Gulen is very mountainous and inhospitable. The land use in Gulen is as follows:
- Agricultural 4%
- Forest 19%
- Water 3%
- Other 74%
Economy
Historically, Gulen's economy has been centered around farming and fishing. There are 135 farms in the municipality of Gulen. [6]
Today, Gulen is important because of its close proximity to the Mongstad industrial area which includes many oil refineries operated by StatoilHydro, Shell Oil, and other oil companies. Mongstad is an industrial site located in the municipalities of Lindås and Austrheim in Hordaland, Norway. An oil refinery is an industrial Process plant where Crude oil is processed and refined into more useful Petroleum products, such as Gasoline StatoilHydro ASA () is a Norwegian energy company formed by the 2007 merger of Statoil with the oil and gas division of Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins Other factories and industries in Gulen include Wergeland-Halsvik, Baker Oil Tools, Johnny Birkeland Transport, and Vest Tank. There are many other small businesses located in Gulen today.
Attractions
Tusenårsstaden (Gulating)
A sculpture park was built in Flolid in Gulen in order to commemorate the fact that the Gulating legislative assembly met regularly on the shores of the Gulafjord for a period of five hundred years. Gulating is both the name of one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or Thing and one of the present day Law courts of western Norway In 1300 the assembly was moved to Bergen. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell This was where important political issues were discussed and decisions were made. The members of the assembly represented the farmers of Western Norway, and the Gulating is thus related to the representative institutions of today such as the municipal council and the Norwegian Parliament, Storting. The Storting ( Stortinget, literally "the Great Thing /Assembly" is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city
The old assembly was also used as a law court for both civil and criminal cases. The Norwegian sculptor Bård Breivik is responsible for the artistic elements. The park is a work of art in its own right that is used as the setting for outdoor dance and musical performances in beautiful and unique natural surroundings.
Sellevåg Wooden Shoe Factory
Wooden shoes were produced in Sellevåg from 1899–1975. The factory was powered by water in the Sellevåg Lake. The wooden shoe factory is still there with all its production equipment in tact. A guided tour with demonstration can be arranged on request.
Trondheim Post-Road
The historic mail route from Bergen and Trondheim, The post-road goes through Fjaler, Hyllestad and Gulen municipalities. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Hyllestad is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Built between 1801 and 1806, it passes over many beautiful stone bridges. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [7]
External Links
References
- ^ Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg (Norwegian)
- ^ Oddvar Natvik (09 Feb 2005). Some historical data on the 26 Kommunes. Retrieved on 3 June 2008.
- ^ Statistics Norway. Municipal council election 2007. Retrieved on 3 June 2008.
- ^ Statistics Norway (1 January 2008). Figures on Gulen Municipality. Retrieved on 3 June 2008.
- ^ Scandion. no. Gulen - møtestad for lov og rett. Retrieved on 3 June 2008. (Norwegian)
- ^ Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane. Gård Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 3 June 2008.
- ^ GoNorway. no. Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane. Retrieved on 3 June 2008.
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