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15-405: Hedmarken consists of the municipalities Stange , Hamar , Løten , and Ringsaker . In the past, it also contained the municipalities of Romedal , Vang , Furnes , and Nes , but those municipalities were merged into Hamar, Stange, and Ringsaker during the 20th century. Traditionally, it also included Gjøvik on the other side of the lake, but this is no longer the case. The old county of Hedmark

30-589: 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. The rivers Lageråa and Svartelva both run through the municipality. Stange Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality

45-552: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stange Stange is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway . It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen . Other villages include Bekkelaget , Espa , Bottenfjellet , Ilseng , Ottestad , Sandvika , Sinnerud , Starhellinga , Tangen , and Romedal . The 724-square-kilometre (280 sq mi) municipality

60-485: Is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Østre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal . The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Stange is made up of 35 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show

75-510: Is related to the word heið which means " moorland ". The last element is mǫrk which means "woodland", "borderland", or " march ". (See also Telemark and Finnmark .) "In Hedmarken" is translated på Hedmarken which literally means "on Hedmarken". In the early Viking Age , before Harald Fairhair , Hedmarken was a petty kingdom , part of the Eidsivating . Kings of Hedmarken included: This Innlandet location article

90-496: Is the 157th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stange is the 59th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,356. The municipality's population density is 33.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (86/sq mi) and its population has increased by 10% over the previous 10-year period. The parish of Stange was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During

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120-451: The parish ) is named after the old Stange farm ( Old Norse : Stangir ) since the first Stange Church was built there. The name is the plural form of stǫng which means "bar", "pole", or "rod". (The farm is lying on a long hill, and this is probably the background for the name.) The coat of arms was granted on 20 June 1986. The official blazon is " Vert , a plough argent " ( Norwegian : I grønt en sølv ard ). This means

135-523: The 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Romedal (population: 6,441) and Stange (population: 9,734) were merged to form a new, larger municipality of Stange with a population of 16,175 residents. On 13 July 1956, a small part of the municipality of Vang (population: 24) was transferred to Stange municipality. The municipality (originally

150-442: The arms have a green field (background) and the charge is a medieval plough called an ard . The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design 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. The municipal flag has

165-1135: The current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayors ( Norwegian : ordfører ) of Stange: Stange has sister city agreements with the following places: st%C7%ABng#Old Norse Look for Stǫng on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Stǫng in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use

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180-628: The same design as the coat of arms. The Church of Norway has five parishes ( sokn ) within the municipality of Stange. It is part of the Hamar domprosti (arch- deanery ) in the Diocese of Hamar . The newspaper Stangeavisa has been published in Stange since 2004. Archeological finds indicate agricultural settlements in the area well before the Viking Age . Since the shortest route from

195-542: 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 in Stangebyen . The church is mentioned in 1225 in Håkon Håkonsen 's saga and the current church building was constructed around

210-422: The year 1250. The Atlungstad Distillery was established in Stange in 1855. 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. The municipality can be roughly divided into two areas: the northern area, with rich and fertile agricultural land; and

225-402: Was named after the district of Hedmarken, but the county included several other districts as well, namely Østerdalen and Glåmdalen ( Solør , Odalen and Vinger ). The district is dominated by rolling agricultural terrain, hilly green mountains, and pine forests. The Old Norse form of the name was Heiðmǫrk . The first element is heiðnir , the name of an old Germanic tribe and

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