Lund, Norway

Infobox Kommune
name = Lund
idnumber = 1112
county = Rogaland
landscape = Dalane
capital = Moi
demonym = Lunddøl
language = Neutral


munwebpage = www.lund.kommune.no
governor = Kjell Erfjord (KrF)
governor_as_of = 2003
arearank = 237
area = 412
arealand = 354
areapercent = 0.13
population_as_of = 2005
populationrank = 265
population = 3,128
populationpercent = 0.07
populationdensity = 9
populationincrease = 1.1
lat_deg = 58 | lat_min = 31 | lat_sec = 11 | lon_deg = 6 | lon_min = 27 | lon_sec = 41
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6489394 | utm_easting = 0352156 | geo_cat = adm2nd

Lund is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Moi. The parish of "Lunde" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Heskestad was merged with Lund on 1 January 1965.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old "Lund" farm (Old Norse: "Lundr"), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word "lundr" which means "grove". Before 1889, the name was written "Lunde".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 14 December 1984. The arms show three joined acorns. The acorns symbolize the many oak trees in the municipality, as well as many toponyms and names of farms, which start with "Eik" (oak), such as Eik, Eike, and Eikeland.

ee also

* Hovsvatnet, lake in Lund
* Teksevatnet, lake in Lund and Eigersund

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