Hadsel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Hadsel kommune | |||
| — Municipality — | |||
|
|||
 |
|||
| Coordinates: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Vesterålen | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1866 | ||
| Administrative centre | Stokmarknes | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Reidar Johnsen (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 188 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 566 km² (218.5 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 551 km² (212.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 8,039 | ||
| - Density | 15/km² (38.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -7.8 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 126 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Demonym | Hadselværing[1] | ||
|
|
|||
| Website: www.hadsel.kommune.no | |||
Hadsel is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.
Hadsel was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Sortland was separated from Hadsel in 1841.
The municipality is the southernmost municipality in the Vesterålen region. It is spread over four islands: Hadseløya, Hinnøya, Langøya and Austvågøy. About 70% of the population live on Hadseløya island. Hadseløya island is connected to Langøya with a bridge. (See Hadsel Bridge.) There's also a small airport, Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen, which is the busiest small aircraft airport in Norway, serving 100,000 passengers annually (1997).
The administrative centre of Hadsel is Stokmarknes, one of two towns on Hadseløya island, the other being Melbu.
Contents |
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Hadsel (Norse Höfðasegl), since the first church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of höfði m 'high and steep cliff', the last element is segl n 'sail'. (A cliff near the farm has been compared in form with a sail.)
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1976). It shows four golden rings (to represent the four islands of Hadseløya, Austvågøya, Hinnøya and Langøya).
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg (Norwegian)
|
|||||
