| Hå kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 58°36′23″N 5°43′29″E / 58.60639°N 5.72472°ECoordinates: 58°36′23″N 5°43′29″E / 58.60639°N 5.72472°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Rogaland | ||
| District | Jæren | ||
| Administrative centre | Varhaug | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2008) | Terje Mjåtveit (Nærbølista) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 259 km2 (100 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 249 km2 (96.1 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 297 in Norway | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 15,438 | ||
| • Rank | 66 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 60/km2 (155.4/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 14.4 % | ||
| Demonym | Håbu[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1119 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.ha.kommune.no | ||
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| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1971 | 10,607 | — |
| 1981 | 12,327 | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 13,022 | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 14,017 | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 16,822 | +20.0% |
| 2021? | 20,903 | +24.3% |
| 2031? | 24,512 | +17.3% |
| Source: Statistics Norway.[2] | ||
Hå is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Hå is the southernmost municipality in the district Jæren.
The parish of Haa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was divided into Nærbø and Varhaug in 1894. The municipality of Hå was (re)created after the merger of Nærbø, Varhaug, and Ogna on 1 January 1964. In local politics, the divisions between the three previous municipalities are very visible.
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General information
Name
The municipality is named after the old Hå farm (Old Norse: Háar). The meaning of the name is unknown.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 5 July 1991. The arms show a special type of local winch, used to remove stones from the fields. It also symbolizes the hard living on the rocky soils of the municipality.[3]
Settlements
| Name | Population | Area (km²) | Residents per km² |
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| Brusand | 392 | 0.23 | 1,704 |
| Hæen | 301 | 0.26 | 1,158 |
| Nærbø | 5,881 | 2.99 | 1,967 |
| Ogna | 376 | 0.34 | 1,106 |
| Sirevåg | 455 | 0.68 | 669 |
| Varhaug | 2,619 | 1.57 | 1,668 |
| Vigrestad | 1,850 | 1.27 | 1,457 |
Photo by: Gunleiv Hadland
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Projected population - Statistics Norway
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/h/ha.htm. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
- ^ Statistics Norway, "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2009". Retrieved on 16 June 2009
External links
Media related to Hå at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for Hå- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Rogaland travel guide from Wikitravel
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