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Nord-Odal kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms of Nord-Odal kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Nord-Odal kommune
Hedmark within
Norway
Nord-Odal within Hedmark
Nord-Odal within Hedmark
Coordinates: 60°26′32″N 11°34′5″E / 60.44222, 11.56806
Country Norway
County Hedmark
District Odal, Norway
Municipality ID NO-0418
Administrative centre Sand
Government
 - Mayor (2007) Asgeir Østli (Ap)
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 in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. 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 Odal is a traditional district in the county of Hedmark in eastern Norway. ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. Sand is the administrative centre of Nord-Odal municipality Norway. The Norwegian Labour Party ( Norwegian: Det norske arbeiderparti ( DNA) or Arbeiderpartiet ( AP) is a Social democratic Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 206 in Norway)
 - Total 508 km² (196. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of sq mi)
 - Land 475 km² (183. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 4 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 - Total 5,073
 - Density 11/km² (28. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5/sq mi)
 - Change (10 years) -1. 8 %
 - Rank in Norway 190
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form Bokmål
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.nord-odal.kommune.no

Nord-Odal is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Bokmål (lit "book language" or Dano-Norwegian is the most commonly used of the two official Norwegian written Standard languages the other is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus.

Nord-Odal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838.

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The name

The meaning of the name is 'northern Odal'. (See Sør-Odal). Sør-Odal is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway The parish of Søndre Odalen was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from 1992. It shows two lifting tongs, representing the tradition of forestry in the municipality.

(See also the coat-of-arms of Rømskog. Rømskog is a municipality in the county of Østfold Norway. Rømskog was separated from Rødenes January 1 1902 )

Geography

Nord-Odal is situated around the northern edge of the lake Storsjøen, bordered to the north by Stange, to the east by Åsnes and Grue, to the south by Sør-Odal and Nes, and to the west by Eidsvoll. is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway Stange was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) Åsnes is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway Flisa is the largest town in Åsnes with around 2100 people Grue is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway Grue was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) Sør-Odal is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway The parish of Søndre Odalen was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Nes is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway. The parish of Næs was established as a municipality January 1 1838 For the town in Australia see Eidsvold Queensland is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway.

Famous people from Nord-Odal

Sigurd Hoel ( December 14 1890 - October 14 1960) was a Norwegian Author and publishing consultant born in Nord-Odal Jan Werner Danielsen, artist name Jan Werner, ( April 10 1976, Nord-Odal &ndash September 29 Lasse Sætre (born 10 March 1974) is a former speed skater from Norway, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters
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