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{{Infobox_Kommune |
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| name = Ullensvang |
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| herad = yes |
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| image_skyline = Utne Halfway stop.jpg |
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| idnumber = 1231 |
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| county = Hordaland |
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| landscape = Hardanger |
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| capital = [[Kinsarvik]] |
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| language = [[Nynorsk]] |
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| demonym = Sørfjøre<br />Sørfjording |
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| coatofarms = Ullensvang_komm.png |
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| munwebpage = www.ullensvang.kommune.no |
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| governor = Solfrid Borge ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]]) |
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| governor_as_of = 2003 |
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| arearank = 61 |
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| area = 1399 |
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| arealand = 1287 |
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| areapercent = 0.43 |
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| population_as_of = 2004 |
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| populationrank = 245 |
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| population = 3,513 |
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| populationpercent = 0.08 |
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| populationdensity = 3 |
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| populationincrease = -9.6 |
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| lat_deg=60 | lat_min=18 | lat_sec=42 | lon_deg=6 | lon_min=48 | lon_sec=53 |
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| utm_zone=32V | utm_northing=6688135 | utm_easting=0379287 | geo_cat=adm2nd |
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}} |
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'''Ullensvang''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in the [[Counties of Norway|county]] of [[Hordaland]], [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Hardanger]]. The administrative centre is the village of [[Kinsarvik]]. |
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The number of inhabitants has shown a decrease of some 500 between 1980 and 2004. This development can be seen in light of the general depopulation of rural [[Norway]]. The major part of Ullensvang is located near the [[Hardangervidda]] national park, Europe's biggest mountain plateau (highest point, Haarteigen, 1,690 meters above sea level). The general population, however, is confined to the narrow mountainsides and [[valley]]s along the [[Hardangerfjord]] especially in the rural centers of [[Kinsarvik]] (administrative center) and Lofthus. |
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==General Information== |
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=== The name === |
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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Ullensvang'' farm ([[Old Norse]] ''Ullinsvangr''), since the first church was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the name of the [[List of Norse gods and goddesses|Norse god]] ''Ullin'' (sideform of [[Ullr]]). The last element is ''vangr'' which means "[[field]]" or "[[meadow]]". |
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===Coat-of-arms=== |
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The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] was granted on [[8 November]] [[1979]]. The arms are derived from the arms of [[Nobility|nobleman]] from the area, Sigurd Brynjulvsson Galte, and they can be seen on his gravestone dating back to 1302 at the local church. As it is the oldest [[Headstone|gravestone]] in the church, the arms were well known in the village, hence the choice for the arms of this [[knight]] as municipal arms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/u/ullensva.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=27 September|accessyear=2008}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Ullensvang used to be an annex of [[Kinsarvik]] parish, but in 1869 Ullensvang became the main parish and Kinsarvik became an annex to Ullensvang. At this time the municipality changed its name to ''Ullensvang''. |
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Kinsarvik and [[Odda]] were separated from Ullensvang as municipalities of their own on [[1 July]] [[1913]]. Most of Kinsarvik was merged back into Ullensvang on [[1 January]] [[1964]]. [[Eidfjord]] was merged with Ullensvang from [[1 January]] [[1964]] until [[1 January]] [[1977]]. |
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==Attractions== |
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Ullensvang is Norway's biggest supplier of [[fruit]], especially sweet [[cherry|cherries]] and [[apple]]s. Every summer a cherry festival is held at Lofthus, where the Norwegian championship of cherry stone spitting is held (record: 14.24 meters, S. Kleivkaas). Each May a musical festival is held at Ullensvang Hotel (built in 1846), when musicians from all of Norway come to the village. The famous composer [[Edvard Grieg]] spent many summers at Lofthus, and the festival is held in his honor. During the summer, the population is doubled due to [[tourism]]. Attractions in addition to the previous mentioned, are the medieval churches at Lofthus (built in 1300 and Kinsarvik (built in 1160), several [[waterfalls of Norway|waterfalls]], the flowering season in May, and [[museum]]s at Aga, [[Utne]], and Skredhaugen. |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Municipalities of Hordaland]] |
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