Nannestad

Nannestad kommune
Nannestad kommune
	Municipality
	Coat of arms Viken within ; Norway
	Nannestad within Viken
	Coordinates: 60°14′44″N 10°57′10″E
Country	Norway
County	Viken
District	Romerike
Administrative centre	Teigebyen
Government
• Mayor (2007-)	Anne-Ragni K. Amundsen (Ap)
Area
• Total	341 km2 (132 sq mi)
• Land	324 km2 (125 sq mi)
Area rank	259 in Norway
Population (2012)
• Total	11,362
• Rank	102 in Norway
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	23.0%
Demonym(s)	Nannestadsokning[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3036
Official language form	Bokmål[2]
Website	www.nannestad.kommune.no
	Data from Statistics Norway

Nannestad is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen. Nannestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nannestad farm (Old Norse: Nannastaðir), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of Nanni (an old Norse male name) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three yellow coltsfoot flowers on a green background. This is a flower that is prevalent in the area.[3]

**Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nannestad by country of origin in 2017**[4]
Ancestry	Number
Poland	539
Lithuania	239
Pakistan	179
Sweden	156
Philippines	143
Thailand	117
Germany	61
Romania	56
Iran	56
Syria	53

Geography

Nannestad is located in northwestern Akershus county, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of Maura, Holter and Teigebyen, the latter being the administrative centre.

Nannestad plaza
Nannestad high school
Field of Nannestad

References

"Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
"Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
"Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-12-20.
"Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

External links

Media related to Nannestad at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Nannestad at Wiktionary
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage
Municipality website (in Norwegian)

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[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[3] "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-12-20.

[4] "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.