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Søndre Land

Søndre Land kommune
Municipality
Hov i Land, Søndre Land.jpg
Coat of arms of Søndre Land kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Søndre Land kommune
Oppland within
Norway
Søndre Land within Oppland
Søndre Land within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°40′37″N 10°16′44″E / 60.67694°N 10.27889°E / 60.67694; 10.27889Coordinates: 60°40′37″N 10°16′44″E / 60.67694°N 10.27889°E / 60.67694; 10.27889
Country Norway
County Oppland
District Land, Norway
Administrative centre Hov
Government
 • Mayor (2003) Reidar Eriksen (Søndre Land Bygdeliste)
Area
 • Total 728 km2 (281 sq mi)
 • Land 659 km2 (254 sq mi)
Area rank 150 in Norway
Population (2004)
 • Total 6,042
 • Rank 165 in Norway
 • Density 9/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -3.7 %
Demonym(s) Søndrelending
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0536
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.sondre-land.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Søndre Land is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hov.

The old municipality of Land was divided into Søndre Land and Nordre Land in 1847. The area of Fluberg was separated from Søndre Land to become a separate municipality on 1 January 1914, but it was merged back into Søndre Land on 1 January 1962.

The Old Norse form of the name was just Land which means "land". Therefore, the meaning of the name Søndre Land is "(the) southern (part of) Land". The parish and municipality of Land was divided in 1847.

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 21 June 1985. The arms show three yellow tree trunks on a blue background. The blue colour of the shield symbolises the Randsfjorden, which borders the municipality. The tree trunks symbolise the importance of forestry and the sawmills in the municipality.

Søndre Land is bordered on the north by the municipality of Nordre Land, on the east by Gjøvik and Vestre Toten, on the west by Sør-Aurdal, and on the south by Gran in Oppland county. It is also bordered to the west by Ringerike in Buskerud county.


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