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| Country | Norway | ||
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| County | Hordaland | ||
| District | Hardanger | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1234 | ||
| Administrative centre | Granvin | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Jan Ivar Rødland (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 325 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 213 km2 (82.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 205 km2 (79.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| - Total | 964 | ||
| - Density | 4.7/km2 (12.2/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -7.4 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 406 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Gravensar 1 | ||
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| Website: www.granvin.kommune.no | |||
Granvin is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The population is 964. About half of these, 444 people, live in the village of Granvin, situated at the end of a side arm of the Hardangerfjord.2
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General information
Name
There are several theories for the origin of the name Granvin. One of them claims that it is named after the farm Granvin (Old Norse: Granvin), since the first church was built there. The first element is gran which means "spruce", the last element is vin which means "meadow" or "pasture".3 Another possible meaning of the name is gran (Old Norse: grand) which means "large/big" or "long" and the word vin which is Old Norse for "large plain". (This is also seen in the name the Vikings gave to America when they first arrived there, Vinland: "land of large plains".)
Until 1899, the name was written "Graven" because of the Danish language still used in much of Norway since the union with Denmark.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 13 May 1988. The arms show a hardanger-fiddle (Hardingfele), which is a Norwegian folk instrument. Granvin is situated in the Hardanger region, and has an active folk-music tradition.4
- See also: Coat of Arms of Bø
History
The parish of Graven was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), which also included two annexes, Ulvik and Eidfjord. In 1858, Ulvik became the main parish, so that Granvin and Eidfjord became annexes to Ulvik, and the name of municipality was changed accordingly. Granvin and Eidfjord were separated from Ulvik as municipalities of their own on 1 May 1891.
In April 1940, during the German invasion of Norway during World War II, there was some fighting between German and Norwegian forces in Granvin. German forces landed in the village of Granvin and advanced along the road towards Voss. They were halted for a brief time at Skjervefossen, but quickly broke down the Norwegian defence.
The population of Granvin has been dropping in recent years. In 1951, the population was 1158. Since then, it has dropped by 16,8 % to 964 in 2008. This development is common in many smaller, rural municipalities in Norway.5
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg". Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn. (Norwegian)
- ^ "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2008" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2008-06-20-01-en.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-22.
- ^ Brekke, Nils Georg; Skaar, Ronny B. and Nord, Svein (1993). Kulturhistorisk Vegbok Hordaland. Nord4.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/g/granvin.htm.
- ^ "Population changes in municipalities 1951-2008. Granvin." (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. http://www.ssb.no/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/1234.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-22.
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