Andebu

Andebu

Infobox_Kommune
name=Andebu
idnumber=0719
county=Vestfold
landscape=
capital=Andebu
governor=Hans Hilding Hønsvall (KrF)
governor_as_of=2006
arearank=339
area=186
arealand=183
areapercent=0.06
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=191
population=5,031
populationpercent=0.11
populationdensity=28
populationincrease=12.9
demonym=Andebusokning
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=17| lat_sec=50| lon_deg=10| lon_min=6| lon_sec=18
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6573680 |utm_easting=0562943| geo_cat=adm2nd


munwebpage=www.andebu.kommune.no

Andebu is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway.

The parish of "Andebo" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Geography

Andebu has large areas of woodland. The main villages are Andebu, Høyjord and Kodal. The church buildings in all three villages are from the Middle Ages; the one in Høyjord is a stave church.

Name

The Norse form of the name was "Andabú". The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is "bú" n 'district'.

Until 1889 the name was written "Andebo".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). The three triangles represent the three parishes of the municipality (Andebu, Høyjord and Kodal) - and they also resembles the letter A (for Andebu). The colour green represent agriculture and forestry.

History

Høyjord stave church (built 1150 - 1200)

Literature

*Andebu bygdebok "(Andebu municipaliy geneaology and history)", ed. by dr. philos. Arne Gallis
* [http://www.vestfold-slekt.net/andebu/bygdebok/ Andebu: en vestfoldbygds historie i 1600-aarene] , «Lat os inkje forfederne gløyma», by Lorens Berg ISBN 82-993731-0-7
*Vestfoldmål: Ord og vendinger fra Andebu, by Ole Bråvoll "(Words and phrases from Andebu)" (ed. by Odd Gallis)


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