Namsos (town)
Namsos | ||
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Ladested 1845 | | |
Area | ||
• Total | 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) | |
Population (2018)[1] | ||
• Total | 8,413 | |
• Density | 1,825/km2 (4,730/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
Post Code | 7800 Namsos | |
Ladestedet Namsos | ||
Namsos Municipality | ||
Administrative centre | Namsos | |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1703[3] | |
Namsos is a
The
The 4.61-square-kilometre (1,140-acre) town has a population (2018) of 8,413 and a population density of 1,825 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,730/sq mi).[1]
History
The village of Namsos was declared to be a
Areas of Vemundvik lying adjacent to the town of Namsos were later annexed by the town on numerous occasions. On 1 January 1882, an area with 109 inhabitants was moved to the town. On 1 July 1921 an area with 927 inhabitants was again transferred to Namsos. Then, on 1 July 1957, another area with a population of 6 was transferred to Namsos.[5]
In 1940, the town was bombed in the
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Vemundvik (population: 2,040) and Klinga (population: 2,482) plus the parts of Otterøy municipality located north of the Namsenfjorden (population: 1,013) and the Finnangerodden area on the island of Otterøya in Fosnes municipality (population: 116) were all merged with the town of Namsos (population: 5,224) to create a new (much larger) municipality of Namsos with 10,875 residents.[5]
Name
The town is named Namsos, which is also the name of the municipality in which it is located. The first part of the name comes from the local river Namsen. The last element is os, which means the "mouth of a river".[6]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the town of Namsos was granted on 5 May 1961. The arms were re-granted on 21 October 1966 when the town was merged with several other areas to form the municipality of Namsos. The arms show a golden moose head[7] on a red background. The moose was chosen as a symbol for the municipality, since Namsos is the capital of the forest-rich Namdalen region, and the moose is the "king of the forest".[6][8]
Media gallery
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Namsos, seen from the fjord
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Namsos, seen from the mountain Klompen
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Namsos Hospital
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Waterfront
References
- ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- ^ "Namsos (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b c Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ Moose Heads in heraldry.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 13 November 2008.