Marnardal
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| Marnardal kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1021 | ||
| Administrative centre | Marnardal | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Helge Sandåker (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 239 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 395 km² (152.5 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 376 km² (145.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,214 | ||
| - Density | 6/km² (15.5/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -0.5 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 324 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
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| Website: www.marnardal.kommune.no | |||
Marnardal is a municipality in the Vest-Agder county, Norway.
Marnardal was created as a new municipality January 1, 1964 - after the merger of the old municipalities of Bjelland, Laudal and Øyslebø.
It is an inland municipality, bordering in the north on Evje og Hornnes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Audnedal municipality in the west, Lindesnes, Mandal and Søgne in the South, and Songdalen and Vennesla in the east.
[edit] The name
The name is a revival (from 1965) of the Norse form Marnardalr. The first element is the genitive case of the rivername Mörn (now Mandalselva), the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The meaning of the rivername is unknown (maybe derived from marr m 'sea').
The river is the best for salmon fishing in the south of Norway.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows three pine cones.
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