Lund, Norway
| Lund kommune | |||
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View of the local Heskestad Church
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 Lund within Rogaland |
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| Coordinates: 58°31′11″N 06°27′41″E / 58.51972°N 6.46139°ECoordinates: 58°31′11″N 06°27′41″E / 58.51972°N 6.46139°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Rogaland | ||
| District | Dalane | ||
| Administrative centre | Moi | ||
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| • Mayor (2015) | Olav Hafstad (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 408.42 km2 (157.69 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 353.91 km2 (136.65 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 54.51 km2 (21.05 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 238 in Norway | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 3,243 | ||
| • Rank | 259 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 4.7 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Lunddøl | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1112 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Lund is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Dalane. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Moi. Other villages in Lund include Eik, Heskestad, and Åna-Sira. European route E39 and the Sørlandet Line both pass through Lund. Moi Station is a railway station in Lund.
The parish of Lunde (later spelled Lund) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). During the 1960s, there were many municipal changes due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, most of the municipality of Heskestad (population: 547) was merged with Lund to form a much larger municipality of Lund.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Lund farm (Old Norse: Lundr), since the first Lund Church was built there. The name is identical with the word lundr which means "grove" (but here maybe 'sacred grove'). Before 1889, the name was written "Lunde".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 14 December 1984. The arms show three joined acorns in gold on a green background. The acorns symbolize the many oak trees in the municipality, as well as many toponyms and names of farms, which start with Eik (oak), such as Eik, Eike, and Eikeland.
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