Stange

Stange  is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen.

Stange church
Romedal church
Just a few kilometers away, the craggy, forested side of Stange
For the surname, see Stange (surname).
Stange kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Innlandet within
Norway
Stange within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°42′57″N 11°11′25″E
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictHedmarken
Administrative centreStangebyen
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Nils A. Røhne (Ap)
Area
 • Total724 km2 (280 sq mi)
 • Land641 km2 (247 sq mi)
Area rank151 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total18,288
 • Rank53 in Norway
 • Density29/km2 (80/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
1.8%
Demonym(s)Stangesokning[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3413
Official language formBokmål[2]
Websitewww.stange.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Stange farm (Old Norse: Stangir), since the first church was built there. The name is the plural form of stǫng which means "bar, pole, rod". (The farm is lying on a long hill, and this is probably the background for the name.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 June 1986. The arms show a silver-colored medieval plough called an ard on a green background. It symbolizes this historic importance of agriculture in the area; originally the growing of grains and then later growing potatoes. The arms were designed by Arne Løvstad.[3][4]

Media

The newspaper Stangeavisa has been published in Stange since 2004.[5]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Stange by country of origin in 2017[6]
Ancestry Number
 Poland243
 Eritrea182
 Germany134
 Sweden99
 Afghanistan97
 Somalia92
 Lithuania91
 Kosovo79
 Vietnam68
 Thailand66

History

Archeological finds indicate agricultural settlements in the area well before the Viking Age. Since the shortest route from the south to Hamar went through the area, there have also been trade and hospitality there since time immemorial. Stange has its own historical association that publishes articles, short research topics, as well as authoritative works on the area's history.

Stange church is located here and it is one of the oldest medieval churches in Norway. It is mentioned in 1225 in Håkon Håkonsen's saga.

The Atlungstad Distillery was established in Stange in 1855.

The municipality of Stange was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The neighboring municipality of Romedal was merged with Stange on 1 January 1964.

Geography

The municipality is situated on the east side of the lake Mjøsa. It borders the municipalities of Hamar on the north; Løten, Våler, and Åsnes to the east; Nord-Odal to the south; and Eidsvoll to the west.

Stange consists of several areas that were previously distinct, including Vallset, Romedal, Espa, Åsbygda, Tangen, and Stange itself. The municipality can be roughly divided into two areas: the northern area, with rich and fertile agricultural land; and a southern area with craggy, forested area (the Stange Commons). As a result, the northern section is dominated by large, prosperous farms; the southern part by small, marginal farms.

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway

Stange is twinned with:[7]

Notable people
Otto Albert Blehr, 1917
Odvar Nordli, 1976

Sport

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  4. "Beskrivelse av Stanges kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Stange kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  5. Store norske leksikon: Stangeavisa.
  6. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  7. "Vennskapskommuner". stange.kommune.no (in Norwegian). Stange Kommune. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
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