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Encyclopedia > Time, Norway
Time kommune
Locator map showing Time within Rogaland
County Rogaland
District Jæren
Municipality NO-1121
Administrative centre Bryne
Mayor (2004) Arnfinn Vigrestad (KrF)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 341
183 km²
171 km²
0.06 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 69
14,177
0.31 %
13.6 %
83/km²
Coordinates 58°43′N 5°45′E / 58.717, 5.75Coordinates: 58°43′N 5°45′E / 58.717, 5.75
www.time.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Time is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links NO_1121_Time. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ... Norways traditional districts. ... Sculpture in stone of Arne Garborg, located at his home in Knudaheio Jæren is a coastal landscape stretching some 65 kilometers in the south-western part of Norway. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... Bryne is a town, located in, and the administrative centre of, the municipality of Time, Norway. ... The Christian Democratic Party of Norway (Kristelig Folkeparti or KrF, litteraly Christian Peoples Party), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1933. ... Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ...


The centre of Time is the town of Bryne. Bryne is a town, located in, and the administrative centre of, the municipality of Time, Norway. ...


Time is twinned with Alnwick, Northumberland, England. For the parish in New Brunswick, see Alnwick, New Brunswick Alnwick (pronounced anick ) is a small market town in north Northumberland, in the north-east of England. ... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...


The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Time (Norse Þímin, *Þímvin), since the first church was built there. The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is vin f 'meadow, pasture'. Old Norse is the Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300. ...


Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1977). It shows a lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). Genera Erthrogonys Vanellus Lapwings are medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae of the family Charadriidae, which also includes the plovers and dotterels. ... Binomial name Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the Peewit or just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. ...


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Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ... County Rogaland District Dalane Municipality NO-1114 Administrative centre VikesÃ¥ Mayor (2005) Asbjørn Ramsli (Sp) Official language form Neutral, but the schools and churches use Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 170 650 km² 577 km² 0. ... County Rogaland District Haugaland Municipality NO-1145 Administrative centre Føresvik Mayor (2003) Svein Ove Alvestad (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 421 47 km² 45 km² 0. ... Eigersund is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. ... County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1141 Administrative centre Finnøy Mayor (2003) Jorunn Strand Vestbø (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 382 104 km² 103 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1129 Administrative centre Forsand Mayor (2003) Ingeborg Søyland (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 139 780 km² 702 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Municipality NO-1122 Administrative centre Ã…lgÃ¥rd Mayor (2003) Karl Edvard Aksnes (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 179 618 km² 558 km² 0. ... County District Haugaland Municipality NO-1106 Administrative centre Haugesund Mayor (2006) Petter Steen Jr (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 403 73 km² 68 km² 0. ... County Rogaland District Ryfylke Municipality NO-1133 Administrative centre Hjelmeland Mayor (2003) Terje Thornquist (KrF) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 94 1,089 km² 975 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Jæren Municipality NO-1119 Administrative centre Varhaug Mayor (2004) Terje MjÃ¥tveit (Nærbølista) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 297 259 km² 249 km² 0. ... County Rogaland District Haugaland Municipality NO-1149 Administrative centre Kopervik Mayor (2004) Kjell Arvid Svendsen (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 313 229 km² 219 km² 0. ... County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1120 Administrative centre Kleppe Mayor (2004) Elfin Lea (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 377 114 km² 102 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1144 Administrative centre Ydstebøhavn Mayor (2004) Ole Olsen (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 432 6 km² 6 km² 0. ... The municipality Lund in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 3,130 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1127 Administrative centre Randaberg Mayor (2006) Tom Tvedt (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 425 25 km² 24 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1142 Administrative centre Rennesøy Mayor (2003) Jostein Eiane (KrF) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 413 65 km² 65 km² 0. ... For other uses, see Sandnes (disambiguation). ... County Rogaland District Ryfylke Municipality NO-1135 Administrative centre Sauda Mayor (2005) Laura Seltveit (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 195 546 km² 509 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Dalane Municipality NO-1111 Administrative centre Hauge i Dalene Mayor (2005) Gudmund Holmen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 279 295 km² 267 km² 0. ... County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1124 Administrative centre Sola Mayor (2005) HÃ¥kon Rege (H) Official language form {{{language}}} Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 408 70 km² 69 km² 0. ... County District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (1995-) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... County Rogaland District Ryfylke Municipality NO-1130 Administrative centre Jørpeland Mayor (2007) Odd William Bøe (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 321 218 km² 195 km² 0. ... The municipality Suldal in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 3,984 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1146 Administrative centre Aksdal Mayor (2003) Reidar Pedersen (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 232 425 km² 399 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Municipality NO-1151 Administrative centre Utsira Mayor (2005) Geir Helge Rasmussen (Bygdalista for Utsira) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 433 6 km² 6 km² 0. ... The municipality Vindafjord in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 4,827 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...

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