| Sogndal kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Sogn og Fjordane | ||
| District | Sogn | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1420 | ||
| Administrative centre | Fjøra | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Karen Marie Hjelmeseter (Sp) | ||
| 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. The Centre Party ( Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist and agrarian Norwegian Political party founded in 1920 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 146 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 746 km² (288 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 736 km² (284. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 6,700 | ||
| - Density | 9/km² (23. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 4. 3 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 148 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Sogndøl[1] | ||
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| Website: www.sogndal.kommune.no | |||
Sogndal is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, 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 Nynorsk (literally "New Norwegian" is one of the two official Norwegian Standard languages the other being Bokmål. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Sogndalsfjøra, which is the center of Sogndal municipality, has 3075 inhabitants (2006).
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About the Municipality
The Norwegian dialect spoken in Sogndal is called sognamål. Sognamål (literally "Sogn language" is a conservative Norwegian dialect which is spoken in the area of Sogn.
The name Sogndal
The Norse form of the name was Sóknardalr. 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 first element is the genitive case of the rivername Sókn (now Sogndalselvi) and the last element is dalr which means 'valley, dale'. (For the meaning of the (same) rivername see under Sokndal. Sokndal is a municipality in the county of Rogaland. The parish of Soggendal was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see )
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1984. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) It shows the stem of a viking ship, to commemorate the battle of Fimreite in 1184. Viking ship is a collective term for ships used during the Viking Age (793–1066 in Northern Europe Fimreite is a hamlet in Sogndal municipality Sogn og Fjordane county Norway.
History
Sogndal was established as a municipality on January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. The annex of Fjærland was transferred from Balestrand to Sogndal on January 1, 2000. Fjærland is a village in Sogndal municipality along the Fjærlandfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. Balestrand is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
Kaupanger stave church (built 12th century) is located in the small village of Kaupanger. Kaupanger stave church ( Kaupanger stavkyrkje) is the largest Stave church in the Sogn og Fjordane, and is situated in the town of Kaupanger, Kaupanger is a Large village originating from a Ice age settlement
In 1917, a Sogndal farmer ploughed up the Eggjum stone, a gravestone with runic inscriptions important for the history of the Norse language. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Eggja stone (also known as the Eggum or Eggjum stone) is a grave stone that was ploughed up in 1917 on the farm Eggja in Sogn og Fjordane in Norway Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age
Education
Sogn og Fjordane university college is located in Sogndal.
Sports
The local football team, Sogndal IL, plays in the Adeccoligaen, the second tier of Norwegian football. Sogndal Fotball (formerly known as Sogndal IL is a Norwegian football club from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. The First Division ( Norwegian: 1 divisjon or Adeccoligaen ' for Sponsorship reasons is the second highest division of the Norwegian football
Transportation
There are several ways to visit Sogndal. By airplane, by bus, or by boat.
Famous People from Sogndal
- Footballer Eirik Bakke
- Singers Tone Damli Aaberge and Olav Stedje
- The Norwegian black metal band Windir originated in Sogndal
Gallery
 Sogndal Center |
 Sogndal Stadium |
 Sogndal Hall |
 Stedje Mountain |
External links
References
- ^ Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg (Norwegian)
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