Flå

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Field	Value
name	Flå
idnumber	3320
image_skyline	Flaa Kommune Verwaltung.jpg
image_caption	Flå Municipality Office
county	Buskerud
district	Hallingdal
capital	Flå
demonym	Fløværing
language	Bokmål
coatofarms	Flå komm.svg
munwebpage	www.flaa.kommune.no
mayor	Tor Egil Buøen
mayor_party	LL
mayor_as_of	2003
area_rank	159
area_total_km2	704
area_land_km2	670
area_water_percent	0.22
population_as_of	2008
population_rank	405
population_total	974
populationpercent	0.02
population_density_km2	1.5
population_increase	-12.9
coordinates
utm_zone	32V
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Flå is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flå. The municipality of Flå was established when it was separated from Nes Municipality on 1 January 1905. The municipality lies at the most southeasterly point in the valley and traditional region of Hallingdal.

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Flóða sokn (sokn means parish). This is the plural genitive case of flœð meaning "flood" (probably because flooding has been a problem for many farms in the river valley). Prior to 1921, the name was written "Flaa".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 1 March 1985. The arms show a black bear on a gray/silver background. This was chosen because there used to be many bears in the Vassfaret area. Prior to 1985, the municipality used a logo with a bear walking through the area.

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Ancestry	Number
Poland	28
Syria	28
Thailand	12
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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.

Geography

Flå Municipality is the southernmost municipality within Hallingdal and forms the gateway to Hallingdal from the south. Flå Municipality is bordered in the north by Sør-Aurdal Municipality, in the east by Ringerike Municipality, in the south by Krødsherad Municipality and Sigdal Municipality, in the west by Nore og Uvdal Municipality, and in the northwest by Nesbyen Municipality. Travelers from the south pass through the 65 m long Hallingporten tunnel on Norwegian National Road 7 (Riksvei 7) just located north of Gulsvik.

Vassfaret is a forested mountain valley bordering Flå. The Norefjell mountain range also includes parts of Flå Municipality as well as Nesbyen Municipality, Ringerike Municipality, and Sør-Aurdal Municipality. Lake Krøderen (Krøderfjord) stretches about 41 km north from the village of Krøderen and reaches to Gulsvik. The Hallingdalselva river flows into the lake from the north. The area includes the Vassfaret and Vidalen Conservation area which includes Festningen Nature Reserve and Bukollen Nature Reserve as well as the Inner Vassfaret Conservation area which includes Bringen Nature Reserve. .

Notable people

Kolbjørn Buøen (1895–1975) a Norwegian actor
Fredrik Gulsvik (born 1989) a Norwegian former footballer with over 100 club caps

Attractions

Bjørneparken is located on Vikberget in Flå. The park is a sanctuary featuring various animals including bears, elk, deer, wolf, and lynx.

Protected areas

Bringen Nature Reserve, established 28 June 1985
Bukollen Nature Reserve, established 28 June 1985
Festningen Nature Reserve, established 28 June 1985
Flenten Nature Reserve, established 24 September 1993
Stavnselva Nature Reserve, established 13 December 2002

Gallery

References

Norske Kommunevåpen. (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden".
"Kommunevåpen for Flå kommune". Flå kommune.
"Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no.
Stagg, Frank Noel. (1956). "East Norway and its Frontier". George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.
"Vassfaret og Vidalen landskapsvernområde". naturbase.no.
"Indre Vassfaret landskapsvernområde". naturbase.no.
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125668/ IMDb Database] retrieved 15 August 2020
"Om Bjørneparken". Bjørneparken AS.
"Bringen naturreservat". naturbase.no.
"Bukollen naturreservat". naturbase.no.
"Festningen naturreservat". naturbase.no.
"Flenten naturreservat". naturbase.no.
"Stavnselva naturreservat". naturbase.no.

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