Råde
Råde kommune | ||
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Karlshus, Råde
Karlshus, Råde
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Råde within Østfold |
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Country | Norway | |
County | Østfold | |
Administrative centre | Karlshus | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2011) | René Rafshol (H) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 119 km2 (46 sq mi) | |
• Land | 105 km2 (41 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 373 in Norway | |
Population (2011) | ||
• Total | 6,946 | |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
Demonym(s) | Rådesokning Råsokning[1] |
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0135 | |
Official language form | Bokmål | |
Website | www |
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Råde is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karlshus. The parish of Raade was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
The neighbouring municipalities are Rygge, Våler, Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad. There are four major villages in the municipality: Karlshus, Saltnes, Missingmyr, and Slangsvold.
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Råde farm (Old Norse: Róða), since the first church was built here. The name is identical with the word róða which means "bar, pole, or rod". Here it is referring to a long hill (a raet which is shaped like a bar, pole, or rod) and the farm and the church is located on the top of it. Prior to 1921, the name was written "Raade".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 May 1980. The arms are canting for the name of the municipality. It shows a yellow bend on a green background. The name of the municipality is derived from an old word meaning a glacial moraine. The arms thus symbolise the moraine and glacial path from the Ice ages that runs through the municipality. The colour green symbolises the fertile soil.[2]
Ancestry | Number |
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Poland | 231 |
Somalia | 43 |
Denmark | 42 |
Sweden | 40 |
Lithuania | 35 |
References
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of Råde at Wiktionary
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Østfold#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Østfold]]. |