Bamble kommune Bamble |
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Municipality | |||
Bamble | |||
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![]() Bamble within Telemark |
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Coordinates: 59°1′11″N 9°33′39″E / 59.01972°N 9.56083°ECoordinates: 59°1′11″N 9°33′39″E / 59.01972°N 9.56083°E | |||
Country | Norway | ||
County | Telemark | ||
District | Grenland | ||
Administrative centre | Langesund | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor (2008) | Jon Pieter Flølo (FrP) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 304 km2 (117 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 282 km2 (109 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 274 in Norway | ||
Population (2004) | |||
• Total | 14,163 | ||
• Rank | 70 in Norway | ||
• Density | 50/km2 (100/sq mi) | ||
• Change (10 years) | 0.6 % | ||
Demonym(s) | Bambling or Bamling Bemling (archaic)[1] |
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
ISO 3166 code | NO-0814 | ||
Official language form | Neutral | ||
Website | www |
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Bamble is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Langesund.
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General information[edit]
Name[edit]
The Old Norse form of the name was Bamblar (a plural form). The name could be related to the word bembel m 'belly' (used in the meaning 'round hill/mountain'). The name was written "Bamle" in the period 1889-1917.[2]
See also the name Bømlo.
Coat-of-arms[edit]
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 12 December 1986. The arms show a gold-colored ship's wheel on a blue background. The arms are nearly identical to the former arms of Stathelle, which along with Langesund was merged with the municipality of Bamble at on 1 January 1964. Sailing and fishing have always been of great importance for the area, and a ship's wheel was thus an appropriate symbol.[3][4]
History[edit]
The municipality of Bamble was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The lading place of Stathelle was separated from the municipality of Bamble in 1851. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Bamble was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Stathelle and Langesund. The new municipality was named Bamble, the administrative centre was Langesund, and the coat-of-arms of Stathelle were used for the new municipality.[4]
Bamble, lying at the southern tip of the Kongsberg-Bamble geological formation, also has a unique geology that has been extensively researched by geologists such as W. C. Brøgger. It exhibits a high grade gneiss terrane characterized by metasomatism.[5] As such there have been many mines operating in the area, most notably the Ødegården Verk apatite mines and the nickel mines in Nystein.
International relations[edit]
Twin towns — Sister cities[edit]
The following cities are twinned with Bamble:[6]
Akranes, Akraneskaupstaður, Iceland
Närpes, Western Finland, Finland
Tønder, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Västervik, Kalmar County, Sweden
References[edit]
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1914). Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt (in Norwegian) (7 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 48–49.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ a b "Kommunens våpenskjold". Bamble kommune. Retrieved 2009-01-15.[dead link] (Norwegian)
- ^ Nijland, T.G.; Zwaan, J.C.; Touret, L. (Dec 1998). "Topographical mineralogy of the Bamble sector, south Norway". Scripta Geologica (Naturalis) 118: 1–46. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Vennskapsbyer". Bamble kommune. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-15.[dead link] (Norwegian)
External links[edit]
Media related to Bamble at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Bamble at Wiktionary
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Telemark travel guide from Wikivoyage
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