Aurland

Aurland kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Aurland within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 60°52′05″N 07°14′36″E / 60.86806°N 7.24333°E / 60.86806; 7.24333Coordinates: 60°52′05″N 07°14′36″E / 60.86806°N 7.24333°E / 60.86806; 7.24333
Country	Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Sogn
Administrative centre	Aurlandsvangen
Government
• Mayor (2011)	Noralv Distad (H)
Area
• Total	1,467.86 km2 (566.74 sq mi)
• Land	1,382.61 km2 (533.83 sq mi)
• Water	85.25 km2 (32.92 sq mi)
Area rank	54 in Norway
Population (2014)
• Total	1,715
• Rank	348 in Norway
• Density	1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	-4.9 %
Demonym(s)	Aurlending
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1421
Official language form	Nynorsk
Website	www.aurland.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Aurland is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, Flåm, Undredal, and Gudvangen.

In 2016 the chief of police formally suggested that the police station be closed down.

Aurland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The original municipality was identical to the Aurland parish (prestegjeld) with the sub-parishes (sokn) of Aurlandsvangen, Flåm, and Undredal. In 1859, the sub-parish of Nærøy was created by separating it from the sub-parish of Undredal. The municipal borders have not changed since 1838.

The name Aurland derives from the Old Norse words aurr (which means "gravel") plus land (which means "land" or "district").

Aurland's coat-of-arms is of modern origin. They were granted on 22 May 1987. The arms depict a silver colored goat's head on a blue background. A goat was considered an appropriate symbol for the municipality since the area is famed for its production of goat cheese and goat farming.

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