Flå

Flå

Infobox_Kommune
name=Flå
idnumber=0615
county=Buskerud
landscape=Hallingdal
capital=Flå
governor=Tor Egil Buøen (Flå Bygdeliste)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=159
area=704
arealand=670
areapercent=0.22
population_as_of=2008
populationrank=405
population=974
populationpercent=0.02
populationdensity=2
populationincrease=-12.9
demonym=Fløværing
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=60| lat_min=24| lat_sec=31| lon_deg=9| lon_min=29| lon_sec=3
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6697047 |utm_easting=0526678| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.flaa.kommune.no

Flå is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.

Flå was separated from Nes January 1, 1905.

The municipality lies at the most southeasterly point in the valley and traditional district of Hallingdal.

Geography

Flå is bordered in the north by Sør-Aurdal, in the east by Ringerike, in the south by Krødsherad and Sigdal, in the west by Nore og Uvdal, and in the northwest by Nes.

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Flóða sokn" ("sokn" = parish). This is the plural genitive case of "flœð", meaning 'flood'. (Flooding has been a problem for many farms in the river valley.)

Until 1921 the name was written "Flaa".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1985). It shows the head of a bear - referring to the many bears that used to live in Vassfaret.

History

Ancient routes went to Vestlandet through Valdres and Hallingdal and down Røldal to Odda. Reflecting this route, Hallingdal and its neighboring valley of Valdres in Oppland to the north were originally populated by migrants from Vestlandet and spoke a western dialect. In recognition of this, Cardinal Nicholas Breakespear, who was in Scandinavia as papal legate in 1153, included Hallingdal in the diocese of Stavanger. [cite book|author=Stagg, Frank Noel|title=East Norway and its Frontier|publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.|year=1956|id=ISBN none]

References

External links

* [http://www.kulturnett.no/geografisknavigering/geografisknavigering_visning.jsp?fylke=T952798&kommune=T950399 Culture in Flå on the map] from Kulturnett.no


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