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Sigdal is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss.[3]

Sigdal kommune
Municipality
Sigdal within Viken
Coordinates: 60°3′9″N 9°36′4″E
CountryNorway
CountyViken
DistrictRingerike
Administrative centrePrestfoss
Government
  Mayor (2015)Anne Kristine (Tine) Norman (Sp)
Area
  Total842 km2 (325 sq mi)
  Land811 km2 (313 sq mi)
  Rank#130 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
  Total3,530
  Rank#244 in Norway
  Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
  Change (10 years)
 −3.9%
Demonym(s)Sigdøl or Sigdøling[1]
Official language
  Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3045
WebsiteOfficial website

The municipality of Sigdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Krødsherad was separated from Sigdal on 1 January 1901. The municipality has common borders with the municipalities of Flå, Krødsherad, Modum, Øvre Eiker, Flesberg, Rollag, and Nore og Uvdal.


Name


The Old Norse form of the name was Sigmardalr or Sigmudalr. The first element is the genitive case of a river name Sigm(a) (now called the Simoa) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The Simoa river runs through Sigdal, flowing in a south-easterly course until it flows into Drammenselva at Åmot in Modum. The meaning of the river name is unknown, but is maybe derived from síga which means to "ooze" or "slide".

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Sigdal by country of origin in 2017[4]
Ancestry Number
 Poland83
 Syria50
 Lithuania47
 Germany22
 Latvia17

Coat-of-arms


The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 18 November 1983. The arms show a heraldic image of the mountain that dominates the view around the village, the Andersnatten. The profile of the mountain is yellow with a blue-colored sky above.[5]


Geography and population


Most of the citizens live in the village of Eggedal or the administrative centre of Prestfoss. Sigdal is densely populated, dominated by mountains and valleys.

About 72% of the area is covered with forest, 20% is mountain areas, and 4% of the area is cultivated. Agriculture, forestry, and the kitchen-producing enterprise of Sigdal Kjøkken are still important industries.

Vatnås Church
Vatnås Church

Local Attractions


Trillemarka nature reserve
Trillemarka nature reserve

Protected areas in Sigdal Municipality



Notable residents


Christian Skredsvig
Christian Skredsvig

Sister cities


The following cities are twinned with Sigdal:




See also



References


  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Sigdal (Store norske leksikon)
  4. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  5. Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  6. Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Vatnås kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  7. IMDb Database retrieved 25 November 2020
  8. IMDb Database retrieved 25 November 2020
  9. "Norrænt samstarf" (in Icelandic). Hveragerði. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  10. "Vänorter" (in Swedish). Örnsköldsvik kommun. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

Other sources





На других языках


- [en] Sigdal

[ru] Сигдал

Сигдал (норв. Sigdal) — коммуна в губернии Бускеруд в Норвегии. Административный центр коммуны — город Престфосс. Официальный язык коммуны — букмол. Население коммуны на 2007 год составляло 3524 чел. Площадь коммуны Сигдал — 842,14 км², код-идентификатор — 0621.



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