Vigrestad is a village in
Hå
Hå is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is the southernmost municipality in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Varhaug. Other villages in Hå include Brusand, Hæen, ...
municipality in
Rogaland
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county,
Norway. The village is located about northeast of the southwestern coast of Norway, facing the
North Sea. The village sits about southeast of the village of
Varhaug
Varhaug is the administrative centre of Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the district of Jæren and it is the second largest village in Hå municipality after Nærbø. It was also the administrative cent ...
and about northwest of the villages of
Hæen
Hæen or Stokkalandsmarka is a village in Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located between the villages of Vigrestad and Brusand. The Sørlandet Line runs along the south side of the village. The village is known as ...
and
Brusand
Brusand is a village in Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The small village is located on a small isthmus of land between the lake Bjåvatnet and the North Sea. The village sits along the Sørlandet Line (traditionally called the Jær ...
.
Vigrestad Station
Vigrestad Station ( no, Vigrestad stasjon) is a railway station located at Vigrestad in Hå, Norway on Sørland Line. The station is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail between Stavanger
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is located on the
Sørland Line, which runs through the village. The station is unmanned and only local trains stop there, not express or regional ones.
The village has a population (2019) of 2,090 and a
population density of .
Name
The name probably has its origin from the word ''vig'' meaning "battle" or "war", and ''stad'' meaning "place". There is therefore reason to believe that it was the site of a battle. The name could alternatively originate from the
Old Norse word "vigr" which means "spear". North of the village there are several
barrows from the
Iron Age and
Bronze Age.
Vigrestad has been spelled in various ways over the centuries: Wirestad, Virestadt, Wiresteid in 1567, Vigrist in 1606, Wigresta in 1610, Vigrestad in 1616, and Wigrestad in 1723.
Economy
The main source of income in Vigrestad is
agriculture; mainly dairy, beef, pork, sheep, and potatoes. There are also companies that specialise in high-class timber furniture (for the
Royal family
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term ...
, among others), and laser-cutting. A variety of industries and companies can also be found, many of them at
Stokkalandsmarka, just southeast of Vigrestad.
Notable residents
*
Elin Hetland Mong
Elin or Elín is a variation of Ellen and Helene used in Scandinavian and Celtic languages.
Prominent people
*Elin Andersdotter (d. 1569), Swedish lady-in-waiting and political conspirator
*Elin Brandell (1882–1963), Swedish journalist
*Elín ...
, a local politician for the party
Høyre and was leader of the union
Norsk Ergoterapeutforbund
*
Monica Sandve, a handball player, National team, and Nordstrand (in the top league)
*
Enevald Flåten, a pastor in
Levende Ord Bibelsenter
References
Villages in Rogaland
Hå
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