- Lindås
Infobox_Kommune
name = Lindås
idnumber = 1263
county = Hordaland
landscape = Nordhordland
capital =Knarvik
demonym = Lindåsing
language =Nynorsk
munwebpage = www.lindas.kommune.no
governor = Astrid Aarhus Byrknes (KrF)
governor_as_of = 2007
arearank = 213
area = 476
arealand = 457
areapercent = 0.15
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 83
population = 12,879
populationpercent = 0.28
populationdensity = 28
populationincrease = 6.1
lat_deg = 60 | lat_min = 37 | lat_sec = 29 | lon_deg = 5 | lon_min = 19 | lon_sec = 42
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6726614 | utm_easting = 0299155 | geo_cat = adm2ndLindås is a municipality in the county of
Hordaland ,Norway . The parish of "Lindaas" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt ).Masfjorden was separated from Lindås on 1 March 1879.Austrheim was separated from Lindås on 1 January 1910.Alversund , and parts of Hamre andHosanger , were merged with Lindås on 1 January 1964.The administrative centre is
Knarvik , located in the southeast part of the municipality. Other areas of population are Lindås, Seim, Ostereidet,Alversund and Fanebust.The municipality also has one of the largest oil refineries in northern Europe at its most northern tip. The oil refinery at Mongstad is by far the largest employer.
Ancient settlements of Vikings are found in several places. At Seim there is a tomb of a Viking king of Norway, King Haakon. At Lindås there are stories of monks coming from England and living with the Viking population.
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Lindås (
Old Norse "Lindiáss"), since the first church was built there. The first element is "lindi" which means "linden (Tilia ) wood", the last element is "áss" which means "mountain ridge". Before 1921 the name was written "Lindaas".Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 May 1979. It shows a canting of a
tilia /linden tree. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/l/lindas.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=21 September|accessyear=2008]References
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