Coat of arms of Verdal
| Verdal kommune | |||
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 Verdal within Nord-Trøndelag |
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| Coordinates: 63°47′53″N 11°56′57″E / 63.79806°N 11.94917°ECoordinates: 63°47′53″N 11°56′57″E / 63.79806°N 11.94917°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nord-Trøndelag | ||
| District | Innherad | ||
| Administrative centre | Verdalsøra | ||
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| • Mayor (2005) | Bjørn Iversen (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,547.73 km2 (597.58 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,479.49 km2 (571.23 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 68.24 km2 (26.35 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 48 in Norway | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 14,334 | ||
| • Rank | 73 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 5.1 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Verdaling | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1721 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra. Other villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklestad, Trones, Vera, Vinne, and Vuku.
The municipality of Værdalen was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date, although the spelling of the name was modified to Verdal.
The Old Norse form of the name was Veradalr (from the word Verardalr). The first element is the genitive case of the river name Ver (now called Verdalselva) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is probably "the quiet one". The name was historically spelled Værdalen.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 15 December 1972. They show a gold cross on a red background. The cross is taken from a large painting in the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, in which the death of King Olav Haraldsson (Saint Olaf) is shown. He died in the Battle of Stiklestad, the site of which is in Verdal municipality. In the painting, he holds a shield with the typical cross. To commemorate the battle, the cross was taken as arms for the municipality.
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