- Nord-Odal
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Nord-Odal kommune — Municipality — 
Coat of arms
Hedmark within
NorwayNord-Odal within Hedmark
Coordinates: 60°26′32″N 11°34′5″E / 60.44222°N 11.56806°ECoordinates: 60°26′32″N 11°34′5″E / 60.44222°N 11.56806°E Country Norway County Hedmark District Odal, Norway Administrative centre Sand Government - Mayor (2007) Asgeir Østli (Ap) Area - Total 508 km2 (196.1 sq mi) - Land 475 km2 (183.4 sq mi) Area rank 206 in Norway Population (2005) - Total 5,073 - Rank 190 in Norway - Density 11/km2 (28.5/sq mi) - Change (10 years) -1.8 % Demonym Odøling[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-0418 Official language form Bokmål Website nord-odal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Nord-Odal is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Odal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sand. The parish of Nordre Odalen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
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General information
Name
The last element is the old district name Odal (Old Norse: Ódalr). The first element of this is ó, a sideform of á which means "river" (here the Glomma river). The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".
The first element is Nord- meaning "northern". So the meaning of the name is "Northern Odal".
See also: Sør-OdalCoat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 10 January 1992. The arms show two black grapple tools on a gold background. They represent the tradition of forestry and logging in the municipality.[2]
See also: Coat-of-arms of Rømskog.Geography
Nord-Odal is situated around the northern edge of the lake Storsjøen, bordered to the north by the municipality of Stange, to the east by Åsnes and Grue, to the south by Sør-Odal and Nes, and to the west by Eidsvoll.
Notable residents
- Jan Werner Danielsen, singer
- Sigurd Hoel, writer
- Lasse Sætre, bronze-medalist in the 2002 Winter Olympics (speed skating)
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ "Regler for bruk av kommunevåpen tilhørende Nord-Odal kommune". Nord-Odal kommune. http://www.nord-odal.kommune.no/reglement/vapenregler.php4. Retrieved 2008-12-21.[dead link] (Norwegian)
External links
Media related to Nord-Odal at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Nord-Odal- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Municipalities of Hedmark 
Categories:- Municipalities of Hedmark
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