| Sigdal | |
| Idnumber: | 3332 |
| County: | Buskerud |
| District: | Ringerike |
| Capital: | Prestfoss |
| Language: | Bokmål |
| Demonym: | Sigdøl or Sigdøling |
| Coatofarms: | Sigdal_komm.svg |
| Munwebpage: | www.sigdal.kommune.no |
| Mayor: | Anne Kristine (Tine) Norman |
| Mayor Party: | Sp |
| Mayor As Of: | 2015 |
| Area Rank: | 130 |
| Area Total Km2: | 842 |
| Area Land Km2: | 811 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.26 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Population Rank: | 244 |
| Population Total: | 3530 |
| Populationpercent: | 0.08 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4 |
| Population Increase: | -3.9 |
| Coordinates: | 60.0525°N 9.6011°W |
| Utm Zone: | 32V |
| Utm Northing: | 6657435 |
| Utm Easting: | 0533485 |
| Geo Cat: | adm2nd |
Sigdal is a municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss.[1]
The municipality of Sigdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Krødsherad was separated from Sigdal on 1 January 1901. The municipality has common borders with the municipalities of Flå, Krødsherad, Modum, Øvre Eiker, Flesberg, Rollag, and Nore og Uvdal.
The Old Norse form of the name was Sigmardalr or Sigmudalr. The first element is the genitive case of a river name Sigm(a) (now called the Simoa) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The Simoa river runs through Sigdal, flowing in a south-easterly course until it flows into Drammenselva at Åmot in Modum. The meaning of the river name is unknown, but is maybe derived from síga which means to "ooze" or "slide".
| Ancestry | Number | |
|---|---|---|
 Poland | 83 | |
| 50 | ||
 Lithuania | 47 | |
 Germany | 22 | |
 Latvia | 17 |
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 18 November 1983. The arms show a heraldic image of the mountain that dominates the view around the village, the Andersnatten. The profile of the mountain is yellow with a blue-colored sky above.[3]
Most of the citizens live in the village of Eggedal or the administrative centre of Prestfoss. Sigdal is densely populated, dominated by mountains and valleys.
About 72% of the area is covered with forest, 20% is mountain areas, and 4% of the area is cultivated. Agriculture, forestry, and the kitchen-producing enterprise of Sigdal Kjøkken are still important industries.
Sigdal has a humid continental (Dfb), near subarctic climate (Dfc), Dsb, and Dsc (the dry-summer versions, respectively) at once. The average summer high is 69 F, and the average winter low is 20 F. Snowfall in winter is fairly reliable, at 68 days per year on average, and rainfall peaks in summer and early fall. The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in Sigdal are 93 F (34 C) in July and-11 F (-24 C) in February, respectively.[4]
The following cities are twinned with Sigdal:
Äänekoski, Central Finland, Finland
Hveragerði, Iceland[8]
Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland County, Sweden[9]