- Leka, Norway
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Leka kommune — Municipality — 
Coat of arms
Nord-Trøndelag within
NorwayLeka within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 65°5′17″N 11°37′1″E / 65.08806°N 11.61694°ECoordinates: 65°5′17″N 11°37′1″E / 65.08806°N 11.61694°E Country Norway County Nord-Trøndelag District Namdalen Administrative centre Leknes Government – Mayor (2003) Arve Haug (Sp) Area – Total 109.48 km2 (42.3 sq mi) – Land 107.97 km2 (41.7 sq mi) – Water 1.51 km2 (0.6 sq mi) Area rank 380 in Norway Population (2011) – Total 589 – Rank 425 in Norway – Density 5.5/km2 (14.2/sq mi) – Change (10 years) -13.9 % Demonym Lekværing[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-1755 Official language form Neutral Website leka.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Leka is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leknes. Other villages include Sør-Gutvika and Madsøygrenda.
Leka island has a unique geology
Primarily a fishing and farming community, Leka is the northernmost municipality in Trøndelag. The island has been inhabited for at least 10,000 years, as evidenced by cave drawings in the Solsem section of the island.
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General information
The municipality of Leka was established on 1 October 1860 when it was separated from the large municipality of Kolvereid. Initially, the population of Leka was 1,702. On 1 January 1909, the southern district of Leka (population: 881) was separated from Leka to form the new municipality of Gravvik. This left Leka was 1,209 residents. The borders of Leka have not changed since then.[2]
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Leka. The meaning of the name is unknown, but it may come from the word lekke which can mean "gravelly ground".[3][4]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 21 April 1989. The arms show the golden wing and claw of an eagle on a red background. (In 1932 a child disappeared on the island, and was refound by an eagles nest.)[5][3]
Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Leka. It is part of the Nærøy deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Leka Parish
(Sokn)Church Name Location
of the ChurchYear Built Leka Leka Church Leknes 1867 Geography
Leka is an island municipality encompassing the main island of Leka, the western part of the island of Austra, and many other small islands in the surrounding area. The tiny island groups of Sklinna and Horta lie to the west of the main islands. Sklinna Lighthouse is located in the westernmost part of the municipality. Leka borders Vikna and Nærøy municipalities to the south and Bindal (in Nordland county) to the north.
Politics
In the 2007 municipal elections, Leka had the highest vote for the Centre Party in Norway, at 69.3 per cent.
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Leka" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Leka. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903) (in Norwegian) (dokpro.uio.no). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 369. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=252075&avid=55909.
- ^ "Nord-Trøndelag fylke" (in Norwegian). http://home.no.net/~thuridcs/Kommvpn/N-Trondelag/beskr-n-trondelag.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
External links
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- Leka, Norway
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