Flå Municipality

Flå is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flå. The municipality of Flå was established when it was separated from Nes Municipality on 1 January 1905. The municipality lies at the most southeasterly point in the valley and traditional region of Hallingdal.

Key facts

Kommune.area_rank: 159
Kommune.name: Flå
Kommune.idnumber: 3320
Kommune.image_skyline: Flaa Kommune Verwaltung.jpg
Kommune.image_caption: Flå Municipality Office
Kommune.county: Buskerud
Kommune.district: Hallingdal
Kommune.capital: Flå
Kommune.demonym: Fløværing
Kommune.language: Bokmål
Kommune.coatofarms: Flå komm.svg
Kommune.munwebpage: www.flaa.kommune.no
Kommune.mayor: Tor Egil Buøen
Kommune.mayor_party: LL
Kommune.mayor_as_of: 2003
Kommune.area_total_km2: 704
Kommune.area_land_km2: 670
Kommune.area_water_percent: 0.22

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: fløværing
Population: 1122
Area: 33.68
Official website: www.flaa.kommune.no
Image: Flaa Kommune Verwaltung.jpg
Households: 4

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Commons category: Flå
inception: 1905-01-01
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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==General information== ===Name=== The Old Norse form of the name was Flóða sokn (sokn means parish). This is the plural genitive case of flœð meaning "flood" (probably because flooding has been a problem for many farms in the river valley). Prior to 1921, the name was written "Flaa".