Sigdal

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Sigdal Municipality
Sigdal kommune
Municipality
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Buskerud within Norway
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Sigdal within Buskerud
Coordinates: 60°3′9″N9°36′4″E / 60.05250°N 9.60111°E / 60.05250; 9.60111
Country Norway
County Buskerud
District Ringerike
Administrative centre Prestfoss
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Anne Kristine (Tine) Norman (Sp)
Area
 • Total842 km2 (325 sq mi)
 • Land811 km2 (313 sq mi)
 • Rank#130 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,530
 • Rank#244 in Norway
 • Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease2.svg −3.9%
Demonym Sigdøl or Sigdøling [1]
Official language
[2]
 •  Norwegian form Bokmål
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-3332 [3]
Website Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Sigdal is a municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss. [4]

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The municipality of Sigdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Krødsherad was separated from Sigdal on 1 January 1901. The municipality has common borders with the municipalities of Flå, Krødsherad, Modum, Øvre Eiker, Flesberg, Rollag, and Nore og Uvdal.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Sigmardalr or Sigmudalr. The first element is the genitive case of a river name Sigm(a) (now called the Simoa) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The Simoa river runs through Sigdal, flowing in a south-easterly course until it flows into Drammenselva at Åmot in Modum. The meaning of the river name is unknown, but is maybe derived from síga which means to "ooze" or "slide".

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Sigdal by country of origin in 2017 [5]
AncestryNumber
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 83
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 50
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 47
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 18 November 1983. The arms show a heraldic image of the mountain that dominates the view around the village, the Andersnatten. The profile of the mountain is yellow with a blue-colored sky above. [6]

Geography and population

Most of the citizens live in the village of Eggedal or the administrative centre of Prestfoss. Sigdal is densely populated, dominated by mountains and valleys.

About 72% of the area is covered with forest, 20% is mountain areas, and 4% of the area is cultivated. Agriculture, forestry, and the kitchen-producing enterprise of Sigdal Kjøkken are still important industries.

Climate

Sigdal has a humid continental (Dfb), near subarctic climate (Dfc), Dsb , and Dsc (the dry-summer versions, respectively) at once. The average summer high is 69 F, and the average winter low is 20 F. Snowfall in winter is fairly reliable, at 68 days per year on average, and rainfall peaks in summer and early fall. The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in Sigdal are 93 F (34 C) in July and-11 F (-24 C) in February, respectively. [7]

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Vatnås Church

Local Attractions

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Trillemarka nature reserve

Protected areas in Sigdal Municipality

Notable residents

Christian Skredsvig Portrett av Christian Skredsvig (1854-1924) (9454985153).jpg
Christian Skredsvig

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Sigdal:

See also

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