Hjartdal

Infobox_Kommune
name=Hjartdal
idnumber=0827
county=Telemark
landscape=Øst-Telemark
capital=Sauland
governor=Olav Tho (Sp)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=137
area=792
arealand=739
areapercent=0.24
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=359
population=1,633
populationpercent=0.04
populationdensity=2
populationincrease=-2.8
language=Nynorsk
lat_deg=59| lat_min=39| lat_sec=54| lon_deg=8| lon_min=43| lon_sec=34
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6614140 |utm_easting=0484574| geo_cat=adm2nd

munwebpage=www.hjartdal.kommune.no

Hjartdal is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway.

The parish of "Hjertdal" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It consists of three small communities: Hjartdal, Sauland and Tuddal.

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Hjartdalr". The first element is probably a rivername "*Hjarta" (now Hjartdøla), the last element is "dalr" m 'valley, dale'. The rivername is derived from "hjortr" m 'red deer'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It shows a red deer. (See above under the information of the name.)

(See also the coat-of-arms of Gjemnes, Hitra and Voss.)