- Vegårshei
Infobox_Kommune
name = Vegårshei
idnumber = 0912
county = Aust-Agder
landscape = Sørlandet
capital = Vegårshei
demonym = Vegårsheiing
language = Neutral
munwebpage = www.vegarshei.kommune.no
governor = Maya Marianne Twedt Berli (Ap)
governor_as_of = 2004
arearank = 255
area = 356
arealand = 322
areapercent = 0.11
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 344
population = 1,856
populationpercent = 0.04
populationdensity = 6
populationincrease = 1.5
lat_deg = 58 | lat_min = 46 | lat_sec = 32 | lon_deg = 8 | lon_min = 49 | lon_sec = 56
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6515099 | utm_easting = 0490311 | geo_cat = adm2ndVegårshei is a municipality in the county of
Aust-Agder ,Norway . The parish of "Vegaardsheien" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt ).General information
Name
The
Old Norse form of the name may have been "Vigisheiðr". The first element is thegenitive case of the name of the lakeVegår (the Norse form, and the meaning, of the name is uncertain). The last element is "heiðr" which means "heath (habitat) " or "moor".Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 April 1987. The arms show a
fox as a representative of the localwildlife and also for the fox farming in the village. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/v/vegardsh.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=4 October|accessyear=2008] see also2|Coat of arms of DyrøyGeography
Vegårshei is bordered on the north by
Nissedal andGjerstad , on the east byRisør , on the south byTvedestrand , and on the west byÅmli .The largest lake in Vegårshei is
Vegår .Economy
Vegårshei used to be an agricultural and lumbering community.
References
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