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Eidsberg
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | Eidsberg kommune | |||
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Municipality | |||
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 Eidsberg within Østfold | |||
Coordinates: 59°32′13″N 11°21′37″E / 59.53694°N 11.36028°E / 59.53694; 11.36028Coordinates: 59°32′13″N 11°21′37″E / 59.53694°N 11.36028°E / 59.53694; 11.36028 | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Østfold | ||
| District | Smaalenene | ||
| Administrative centre | Mysen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Knut Jørgen Herland (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 236 km2 (91 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 229 km2 (88 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | #311 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 10,121 | ||
| • Rank | #100 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 10.5% | ||
| Demonym(s) | Eidsberging[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0125 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.eidsberg.kommune.no | ||
Data from Statistics Norway | |||
Eidsberg is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mysen. Neighboring municipalities are Rakkestad, Askim, Skiptvet, Trøgstad, and Marker in Østfold, and Aurskog-Høland in Akershus.
Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg to form a municipality of its own on 1 July 1920, but it was merged back into the municipality of Eidsberg on 1 January 1961.
Contents
1 General information
1.1 Name
1.2 Coat-of-arms
2 International relations
2.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
3 References
4 External links
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Eidsberg farm (Old Norse: Eiðsberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of eið which means "path around a waterfall" and the last element is berg which means "mountain". Prior to 1847, the name was spelled "Edsberg".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 16 March 1962. The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bjørn (Norwegian: bear). He was a well known warrior in during the civil war era under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.[2]
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Eidsberg is twinned with the following towns:[3]
- Brønderslev, Region Nordjylland, Denmark
- Kasese, Kasese District, Uganda
- Nässjö, Jönköping County, Sweden
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Poland | 398 |
 Iraq | 178 |
 Lithuania | 140 |
 Bosnia-Herzegovina | 99 |
 Sweden | 81 |
 Kosovo | 65 |
 Russia | 58 |
 Somalia | 47 |
 Pakistan | 40 |
 Denmark | 36 |
References
^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-13.
^ "Vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Eidsberg kommune. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
External links
Media related to Eidsberg at Wikimedia Commons
Østfold travel guide from Wikivoyage
The dictionary definition of Eidsberg at Wiktionary
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Media related to Eidsberg at Wikimedia Commons
Østfold travel guide from Wikivoyage
The dictionary definition of Eidsberg at Wiktionary
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