Øygarden
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Øygarden kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Hordaland within Norway
Øygarden within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°36′39″N 4°49′29″E / 60.61083, 4.82472
Country	Norway
County	Hordaland
District	Midhordland
Municipality ID	NO-1259
Administrative centre	Tjeldstø
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Olav Martin Vik (Local List)
Area (Nr. 410 in Norway)
- Total	67 km2 (25.9 sq mi)
- Land	64 km2 (24.7 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	4,168
- Density	62/km2 (160.6/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	15.8 %
- Rank in Norway	232
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Nynorsk
Demonym	Øygarding 1
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.oygarden.kommune.no

Øygarden is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Tjeldstø.

Øygarden was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of Hjelme and parts of Herdla.

The municipality consists of a chain of islands north of the municipality Fjell.

General Information

The name

The name is the finite form of øygard which means "row (fence) of islands". The first element is øy means "island" and the last element is gard which means "fence".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1966. The arms show a black and gray reference buoy shown floating in the sea on a blue background. The municipality consists of a number of islands and is dependent on the sea for its development. Hence the importance on buoys for safety in the municipality.²

References

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