Leikanger

Leikanger kommune

Municipality

Coat of arms

Sogn og Fjordane within
Norway

Leikanger within Sogn og Fjordane

Coordinates: 61°13′51″N 06°47′23″E / 61.23083°N 6.78972°ECoordinates: 61°13′51″N 06°47′23″E / 61.23083°N 6.78972°E

Country

Administrative centre

Hermansverk

Government

• Mayor (2003)

Olav Lunden (Ap)

Area

• Total

180.04 km² (69.51 sq mi)

• Land

177.38 km² (68.49 sq mi)

• Water

2.66 km² (1.03 sq mi)

Area rank

344 in Norway

Population (2013)

• Total

2,255

• Rank

315 in Norway

• Density

12.7/km² (33/sq mi)

• Change (10 years)

2.7 %

Demonym(s)

Systrending

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

ISO 3166 code

NO-1419

Official language form

Nynorsk

Website

www.leikanger.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Leikanger [læɪˈkɑŋər] (listen) is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Hermansverk, which is also the administrative center of Sogn og Fjordane county.

The Leikanger/Hermansverk urban area has 2,035 inhabitants (2012), about 90% of the municipal population. This urban area is often called Systrond, which is why a person from Leikanger is often called Systrending.

Leikanger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The original municipality was identical to the old Leikanger parish (prestegjeld) with the six sub-parishes (sokn) of Leikanger, Fresvik, Rinde, Vangsnes, Tjugum, and Mundal. In 1849, the sub-parishes of Vangsnes, Tjugum, and Mundal were transferred into the newly created Balestrand parish (prestegjeld). The new parish was separated from Leikanger municipality in 1850 to form the new Balestrand municipality. This split left Leikanger with 2,368 residents. Leikanger is the home of numerous celebrities within politics and arts. Inger Lene Nyttingnes, former beauty queen now turned activist and archivist, grew up in Leikanger.

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