Etne

Infobox_Kommune
name = Etne
idnumber = 1211
county = Hordaland
landscape = Haugaland
capital = Etnesjøen
demonym = Etnebu
Etnesbu
language = Nynorsk


munwebpage = www.etne.kommune.no
governor = Sigve Sørheim (Sp)
governor_as_of = 2007
arearank = 148
area = 735
arealand = 693
areapercent = 0.23
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 233
population = 3,916
populationpercent = 0.09
populationdensity = 6
populationincrease = 0.1
lat_deg = 59 | lat_min = 41 | lat_sec = 2 | lon_deg = 6 | lon_min = 2 | lon_sec = 51
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6619913 | utm_easting = 0333792 | geo_cat = adm2nd

Etne is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Etne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Most of Skånevik was merged with Etne on 1 January 1965.

A Norwegian motion picture called United was shot in Etne with local people as actors.

General information

Name

The municipality is named after the Etnefjorden (Old Norse "Etnir"). The fjord is probably named after an old river name "Etna" (now Etneelvi). See also|Etnedal

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 16 December 1983. The arms represent the strong unity between the two former municipalities Skånevik and Etne that were joined together to form one municipality in 1965. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/e/etne.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=21 September|accessyear=2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.espenmills.com/360/etnepano.htm 360-degrees panorama of Etne] by Espen Mills no icon