Gausdal

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Gausdal kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Gausdal kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Gausdal kommune
Innlandet within
Norway
Gausdal within Innlandet
Gausdal within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°16′36″N 9°55′21″E / 61.27667°N 9.92250°E / 61.27667; 9.92250Coordinates: 61°16′36″N 9°55′21″E / 61.27667°N 9.92250°E / 61.27667; 9.92250
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdal
Administrative centreSegalstad bru
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Hans Oddvar Høistad (Arbeiderpartiet)
Area
 • Total1,192 km2 (460 sq mi)
 • Land1,149 km2 (444 sq mi)
Area rank84 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total6,186
 • Rank163 in Norway
 • Density5/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
−2.1%
Demonym(s)Gausdøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3441
Official language formNeutral[2]
Websitewww.gausdal.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru. Follebu is a township and sub-parish in eastern Gausdal.

Logging, farming, and tourism are important occupations in the municipality.

General information[]

Skeikampen mountain – the outline is the inspiration for the municipal arms.

Name[]

The Old Norse form of the name was Gausdalr. The first element is the river name and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The river name is derived from the verb gjósa which means "stream forcefully".[3]

Coat-of-arms[]

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 19 September 1986. The arms show the typical shape of one of the main mountains in the municipality, Skeikampen.[4][5]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Gausdal by country of origin in 2017[6]
Ancestry Number
 Poland 84
 Denmark 42
 Lithuania 36
 Germany 27
 Thailand 24
 Somalia 23
 Sweden 16

History[]

The Follebu stone church was built in the early Middle Ages (around 1250). It is unusual in that the chancel and nave were built as one continuous piece.

In the 1880s, there was mining for nickel in Espedalen. The search for nickel was taken up again in 2004 by , a Canadian company. As of 2006, they are still drilling for mineral samples only.

The municipality of Gausdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Gausdal was divided into the separate municipalities of Vestre Gausdal and Østre Gausdal in 1879, but they were reunited into one municipality in 1962.

Geography[]

An old barn at Torshov farm in Vang to the west. Gausdal resident Abraham Pihl was the architect.

Gausdal is bordered on the northwest by Sør-Fron municipality, on the northeast by Ringebu and Øyer, on the southeast by Lillehammer, on the south by Nordre Land, on the southwest by Nord-Aurdal and Øystre Slidre.

The famous Peer Gynt mountain road begins here and leads to Vinstra.

A popular ski area is located on the south slope of Skeikampen mountain.

Western tributaries of the Gudbrandsdalslågen include the Gausa River, which flows through Gausdal valley.

Norway's smallest national park, Ormtjernkampen National Park, lies within the municipality.

Notable residents[]

Public service[]

The Arts[]

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1909

Sport[]

Sister cities[]

The following cities are twinned with Gausdal:[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 183.
  4. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  5. ^ "Om Gausdal" (in Norwegian). Gausdal kommune. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  6. ^ "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 29 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Vennskapstreff i Mora" (in Norwegian). Gausdal kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-30.[permanent dead link]

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