- Jondal
Infobox_Kommune
name = Jondal
idnumber = 1227
county = Hordaland
landscape = Hardanger
capital = Jondal
language =Nynorsk
demonym = Jondøl
Jondøling
munwebpage = www.jondal.kommune.no
governor = John Skogseth (Ap)
governor_as_of = 2003
arearank = 326
area = 210
arealand = 199
areapercent = 0.06
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 402
population = 1,073
populationpercent = 0.02
populationdensity = 5
populationincrease = -12.8
lat_deg = 60 | lat_min = 16 | lat_sec = 6 | lon_deg = 6 | lon_min = 19 | lon_sec = 45
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6684316 | utm_easting = 0352269 | geo_cat = adm2ndJondal is a municipality in the county of
Hordaland ,Norway . Jondal was separated fromStrandebarm in 1846.General information
Name
The
Old Norse form of the name was "Jónardalr". The first element is an old rivername "Jón" (now calledJondalselvi ) and the last element is "dalr" which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the rivername is unknown.Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. It shows three hooks for
log driving . See also|Åsnes|Fet|Marker, Norway|Nordre Land|3=MarkerFamous residents
*The singer and actress
Herborg Kråkevik is from Jondal.
*Bjørg Hope Galtung was the mayor of Jondal from 1979 to 1993, only leaving to sit in the national Parliament.References
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