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Municipality in Troms, Norway| Bardu Municipality Bardu kommune | |
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| Municipality | |
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| Country | Norway |
| County | Troms |
| Administrative centre | Setermoen |
| Government | |
| • Governor (2003) | Oddvar Bjørnsen (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,704 km (1,044 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,516 km (971 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #16 in Norway |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,920 |
| • Rank | #236 in Norway |
| • Density | 2/km (5/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +1.3% |
| Demonym | Bardudøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1922 |
| Website | Official website |
| Data from Statistics Norway | |
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Bardu is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.
Bardu was separated from Ibestad 1854.
The largest town and administrative and political capital is Setermoen. Bardu borders Målselv to the north, Narvik in Nordland to the south and Sweden to the east. To the west is Lavangen and Salangen.
Norway's largest military garrison is located at Setermoen. The military is the municipality's largest employer and more than 1000 young men perform their duty service here each year.
Bardu has over the years produced several internationally renowned Nordic combined performers. The most honoured is Fred Børre Lundberg. The world's most northern zoo, Polar Zoo is located in the municipality.
Bardu, although not far from the coast, is known for its cold winters compared to the coastal areas. This is caused by mountains usually blocking the milder, coastal air from reaching the Bardu valley. In summer, however, it is usually warmer than the coastal areas. The largest lake in the county, Altevatnet, is located in the municipality.
The name
Bardu is a Norwegianized form of the Sámi name Beardu. The meaning of the Sámi name is probably 'long and steep mountain side'.
Until 1889 the municipality was called "Bardodalen" ('the valley/dale of Bardo'). In the period 1889-1908 the name was written "Bardo", from 1909 on "Bardu".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1980). It shows a wolverine.
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- "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.