Leikanger

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Leikanger kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Leikanger within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°13′51″N 6°47′23″E / 61.23083, 6.78972
Country	Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Sogn
Municipality ID	NO-1419
Administrative centre	Leikanger
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Olav Lunden (Ap)
Area (Nr. 344 in Norway)
- Total	180 km² (69.5 sq mi)
- Land	177 km² (68.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	2,199
- Density	12/km² (31.1/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-2.4 %
- Rank in Norway	328
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Nynorsk
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.leikanger.kommune.no

Leikanger (help·info) is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative centre of Sogn og Fjordane county is located in Leikanger. The urban area of Leikanger and Hermansverk has 1965 inhabitants (2006).

Contents 1 About the Municipality 1.1 The name Leikanger 1.2 Coat-of-arms 1.3 History 2 Twin cities/towns of Leikanger 3 External links 4 References

[edit] About the Municipality

[edit] The name Leikanger

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Leikanger (Norse Leikvangir), since the first church was built there. The first element is leikr which means 'sports, athletics' and the last element is the plural form of vangr which means 'meadow'.

Until 1889 the name was written Lekanger.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1963). It shows a twig of an apple tree.

[edit] History

Leikanger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Balestrand was separated from Leikanger in 1850. The parts of Leikanger lying south of the Sognefjord were transferred to the municipalities of Lærdal and Vik on 1 January 1992.

[edit] Twin cities/towns of Leikanger

• Ribe, Municipality of Esbjerg, Denmark

[edit] External links

• Leikanger municipality webpage (Norwegian)

[edit] References

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