Samnanger

Infobox_Kommune
name = Samnanger
idnumber = 1242
county = Hordaland
landscape = Midhordland
capital = Tysse
language = Nynorsk


demonym = Samning
munwebpage = www.samnanger.kommune.no
governor = Marit A. Aase (KrF)
governor_as_of = 2003
arearank = 290
area = 269
arealand = 258
areapercent = 0.08
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 316
population = 2,331
populationpercent = 0.05
populationdensity = 9
populationincrease = -2.8
lat_deg = 60 | lat_min = 24 | lat_sec = 10 | lon_deg = 5 | lon_min = 48 | lon_sec = 20
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6700562 | utm_easting = 0324050 | geo_cat = adm2nd

Samnanger is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Samnanger was separated from Os on 1 January 1907. The municipality is located east of Bergen. Development of hydroelectric power plants started here in 1909.

General Information

Name

The name originally belonged to the fjord (now Samnangerfjorden). The meaning of the first element is unknown, and the last element is "angr" which means "fjord".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 27 April 1990. It shows six yellow drops of water on a red field. Water was chosen as a symbol on the arms because of the wet climate and the source of hydroelectricity that is prevalent in the area. The designer of the arms was Even Jarl Skoglund. [cite web|url=http://www.fotw.us/flags/no-12-42.html|date=28 June 2002|title=Kommunevåpen|publisher= [http://www.fotw.us Flags of the World] |accessdaymonth=21 September|accessyear=2008] See also|Bykle|Tinn

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