Hurdal
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| Hurdal kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Akershus | ||
| District | Romerike | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0239 | ||
| Administrative centre | Hurdal | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Jorunn Larsen Glosli (SV) | ||
| Area (Nr. 284 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 285 km² (110 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 261 km² (100.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,679 | ||
| - Density | 10/km² (25.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 5.4 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 292 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Demonym | Hurdaling or Hurdøling[1] | ||
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| Website: www.hurdal.kommune.no | |||
Hurdal is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway.
Hurdal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Feiring separated from Hurdal January 1, 1870.
It is located about 70 km north of Oslo, along the lake "Hurdalsjøen". About 2 km north of the centre "Auto'n", there's a ski resort.
[edit] The name
The name (Norse Urðardalr and Hurðardalr) is an old district name. (The name of the church site is Gjøing.) The first element is the genitive case of a disappered rivername (later called Gjøingelva 'Gjøing river'), probably *Urð 'stony river' (from urð f 'scree'). (The sideform Hurðardalr has an addition of a false /h/.) The last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'.
Until 1918 the name was written "Hurdalen".
[edit] Famous People
- Robert Sørlie, dog sled racer. Winner of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2003 and 2005.
- Tore Ruud Hofstad, cross country skier.
- Henning Stensrud, Ski jumper.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows a cone of spruce.
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