- Hurdal
Infobox_Kommune
name=Hurdal
idnumber=0239
county=Akershus
landscape=Romerike
capital=Hurdal
governor=Jorunn Larsen Glosli (SV)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=284
area=285
arealand=261
areapercent=0.09
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=292
population=2,679
populationpercent=0.06
populationdensity=10
populationincrease=5.4
language=Bokmål
demonym=Hurdaling or Hurdøling
lat_deg=60| lat_min=24| lat_sec=57| lon_deg=11| lon_min=0| lon_sec=31
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6699440 |utm_easting=0610616| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.hurdal.kommune.no
Hurdal is a municipality in the county of Akershus,
Norway .The parish of "Hurdalen" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).Feiring separated from Hurdal January 1, 1870.It is located about 70 km north of
Oslo , along the lake "Hurdalsjøen". About 2 km north of the centre "Auto'n", there's a ski resort.The name
The name (Norse "Urðardalr" and "Hurðardalr") is an old district name. (The name of the church site is "Gjøing".) The first element is the genitive case of a disappered rivername (later called "Gjøingelva" 'Gjøing river'), probably "*Urð" 'stony river' (from "urð" f '
scree '). (The sideform "Hurðardalr" has an addition of a false /h/.) The last element is "dalr" m 'valley, dale'.Until 1918 the name was written "Hurdalen".
Famous People
*
Robert Sørlie , dog sled racer. Winner ofIditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2003 and 2005.
*Tore Ruud Hofstad ,cross country skier .
*Henning Stensrud ,Ski jump er.Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows a cone of
spruce .
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