Hægebostad

Infobox_Kommune
name = Hægebostad
idnumber = 1034
county = Vest-Agder
landscape = Sørlandet
capital = Tingvatn
demonym = Hægdøl
language = Nynorsk


munwebpage = www.haegebostad.kommune.no
governor = Ånen Werdal (H)
governor_as_of = 2003
arearank = 218
area = 462
arealand = 425
areapercent = 0.14
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 361
population = 1,616
populationpercent = 0.04
populationdensity = 4
populationincrease = -0.6
lat_deg = 58 | lat_min = 27 | lat_sec = 24 | lon_deg = 7 | lon_min = 13 | lon_sec = 11
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6480948 | utm_easting = 0396131 | geo_cat = adm2nd

Hægebostad is a municipality in the Vest-Agder county, Norway. Hægebostad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Eiken was separated from Hægebostad on 1 January 1916 but it was again merged back with Hægebostad on 1 January 1963.

It is an inland municipality, with Åseral municipality to the northeast, Kvinesdal to the west, Lyngdal to the south, and Audnedal to the east.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old "Hægebostad" farm (Old Norse "Helgabólstaðir"), since the first church was built there. The first element is "helg-" which means "holy" and the last element is the plural form of "bólstaðr" which means "homestead" or "farm". Before 1889, the name was written "Hegebostad".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 April 1986. The arms show the two swords dating from the 4th-6th century that were found in the municipality. They symbolize the famous swords of Snartemo and Eiken found in the municipality. The swords were highly decorated with silver and gold. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/h/haegebos.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=27 September|accessyear=2008]

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