Hå

Infobox Kommune
name = Hå
idnumber = 1119


county = Rogaland
landscape = Jæren
capital = Varhaug
demonym =
language = Neutral


munwebpage = www.ha.kommune.no
governor = Terje Mjåtveit ("Nærbølista")
governor_as_of = 2008
arearank = 297
area = 259
arealand = 249
areapercent = 0.08
population_as_of = 2008
populationrank = 66
population = 15,438
populationpercent = 0.33
populationdensity = 60
populationincrease = 14.4
lat_deg = 58 | lat_min = 36 | lat_sec = 23 | lon_deg = 5 | lon_min = 43 | lon_sec = 29
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6500873 | utm_easting = 0309748 | geo_cat = adm2nd

Hå is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Hå is the southernmost municipality in the district Jæren.

The parish of "Haa" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was divided into Nærbø and Varhaug in 1894. The municipality of Hå was (re)created after the merger of Nærbø, Varhaug, and Ogna on 1 January 1964. In local politics, the divisions between the three previous municipalities are very visible.

General information

Name

The municipality is named after the old "Hå" farm (Old Norse: "Háar"). The meaning of the name is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 5 July 1991. The arms show a special type of local winch, used to remove stones from the fields. It also symbolizes the hard living on the rocky soils of the municipality. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/h/ha.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=8 October|accessyear=2008]

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