Vaksdal

Vaksdal

Infobox_Kommune
name = Vaksdal
idnumber = 1251
county = Hordaland
landscape = Midhordland
capital = Dalekvam
language = Nynorsk
demonym = Vaksdaling
Vaksdøl


munwebpage = www.vaksdal.kommune.no
governor = Øivind Olsnes (H)
governor_as_of = 2003
arearank = 154
area = 716
arealand = 684
areapercent = 0.22
population_as_of = 2008
populationrank = 224
population = 4,106
populationpercent = 0.09
populationdensity = 6
populationincrease = -3.7
lat_deg=60 | lat_min=36 | lat_sec=25 | lon_deg=5 | lon_min=48 | lon_sec=58
utm_zone=32V | utm_northing=6723243 | utm_easting=0325725 | geo_cat=adm2nd

Audio|Vaksdal.ogg|Vaksdal is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam.

Vaksdal was created as a new municipality on January 1, 1964 after the merger of parts of Bruvik, Evanger, and Modalen.

General Information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was probably "Vágsdalr". The first element is the genitive case of "vágr" which means "bay" and the last element is "dalr" which means "valley" or "dale".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. It shows three shuttles for weaving, which represents the textile industry of the municipality.

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