Gjerdrum

Gjerdrum kommune
Municipality

Coat of arms
Akershus within
Norway

Gjerdrum within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°4′57″N 11°0′52″E / 60.08250°N 11.01444°E / 60.08250; 11.01444Coordinates: 60°4′57″N 11°0′52″E / 60.08250°N 11.01444°E / 60.08250; 11.01444
Country Norway
County Akershus
District Romerike
Administrative centre Ask
Government
 • Mayor (2007) Tobben (DNT)
Area
 • Total 83 km2 (32 sq mi)
 • Land 82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Area rank 396 in Norway
Population (2013)
 • Total 6,267
 • Rank 192 in Norway
 • Density 60/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 31.6 %
Demonym(s) Gjermsokning[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0234
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.gjerdrum.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Gjerdrum is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike.

General information

Gjerdrum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Gjerdrum borders the municipalities of Nannestad, Nittedal, Ullensaker, Skedsmo, and Sørum. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ask.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gjerdrum farm (Norse Gerðarvin). The first element is the genitive of a river name Gerð and the last element is vin f 'meadow, pasture'. The river name is derived from the Norse word garðr meaning 'fence' and so the meaning is 'the river whose function is a fence (and/or as a border)'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1993. The arms show a traditional Norwegian form of roundpole fence. The arms are also canting because the name of the municipality refers to a fence.[2]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Gjerdrum by country of origin in 2015[3]
Ancestry Number
 Poland222
 Lithuania128
 Sweden57
 Denmark35
 Germany35

Sports

The local sports team is Gjerdrum IL.

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Om kommunevåpenet i Gjerdrum" (in Norwegian). Gjerdrum kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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