Øygarden

Øygarden
Øygarden kommune
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms

Hordaland within
Norway
Øygarden within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°36′39″N 4°49′29″E / 60.61083°N 4.82472°E / 60.61083; 4.82472Coordinates: 60°36′39″N 4°49′29″E / 60.61083°N 4.82472°E / 60.61083; 4.82472
Country Norway
County Hordaland
District Midhordland
Administrative centre Tjeldstø
Government
 – Mayor (2003) Olav Martin Vik (Local List)
Area
 – Total 67 km2 (25.9 sq mi)
 – Land 64 km2 (24.7 sq mi)
Area rank 410 in Norway
Population (2011)
 – Total 4,300
 – Rank 232 in Norway
 – Density 62/km2 (160.6/sq mi)
 – Change (10 years) 15.8 %
Demonym Øygarding[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1259
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.oygarden.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway
Historical populations
Year Pop. ±%
1951 1,050
1960 1,057 +0.7%
1970 2,835 +168.2%
1980 2,534 −10.6%
1990 3,158 +24.6%
2000 3,623 +14.7%
2010 4,269 +17.8%
2020 4,736 +10.9%
2030 5,237 +10.6%
Source: Statistics Norway.

Øygarden is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midhordland. The administrative centre is Rong.

Øygarden was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of Hjelme and parts of Herdla.

The municipality consists of a chain of islands north of the municipality Fjell.

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General information

The name

The name is the finite form of øygard which means "row (fence) of islands". The first element is øy means "island" and the last element is gard which means "fence".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1966. The arms show a black and gray reference seacairn placed on an islet on a blue background. The municipality consists of a number of islands and is dependent on the sea for its development. Hence the importance of sea cairns, buoys and lighthouses for safety in the municipality.[2]

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