Fusa
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- For other meanings of Fusa please see Fusa (disambiguation)
| Fusa kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Hordaland | ||
| District | Midhordland | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1241 | ||
| Administrative centre | Eikelandsosen | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Hans S Vindenes (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 246 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 379 km² (146.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 355 km² (137.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 3,728 | ||
| - Density | 10/km² (25.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 2.2 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 240 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Fusing[1] | ||
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| Website: www.fusa.kommune.no | |||
Fusa is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
Fusa was separated from Os in 1856. Hålandsdal and Strandvik were separated from Fusa January 1, 1903 - but they were both again merged with Fusa January 1, 1964.
In 2007 Fusa participated in a trial where the mayor was directly elected. The sitting mayor, Hans S. Vindenes, won the election with 51,8% of the votes.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Fusa (Norse Fúsar), since the first church was built there. The name is probably derived from fúss 'eager'. (Here referring to strong stream?)
Until 1918 the name was written Fuse.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1991. It shows three spirals, which represent the strong streams and many giants kettles in the municipality.
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