Lierne
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- This article is about a municipality of Norway. For other uses, see Lierne (disambiguation).
| Lierne kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nord-Trøndelag | ||
| District | Namdalen | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1738 | ||
| Administrative centre | Sandvika | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2005) | Arnodd Lillemark (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 14 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 2,962 km² (1,143.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 2,631 km² (1,015.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 1,535 | ||
| - Density | 1/km² (2.6/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -6.4 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 367 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
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| Website: www.lierne.kommune.no | |||
Lierne is a municipality in the Norwegian county of Nord-Trøndelag.
Lierne was separated from Snåsa January 1, 1874. It was divided in two municipalities July 1, 1915 (Nordli and Sørli) - but these were again merged to one January 1, 1964.
The cross-country race Flyktningerennet is arranged here every year. It is a race following a route from Nordli to Gäddede, Strömsund Municipality, Sweden, in remembrance of the people who fled Nazi German-occupied Norway for Sweden during the Second World War.
The municipality is known for its bears, which the sheep farmers consider a recurring problem.
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Finnalíð, where the first element is the plural genitive case of finnr m 'Sami person' (because the district was mostly populated by Sami people at the time).
The later form Lierne is the plural form of líð/li f 'mountain side'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1984. It shows three birds of grouse (Lagopus lagopus), which is plentiful in the municipality.
(See also the coat-of-arms of Sirdal and Holtålen.)
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