Nord-Vågsøy Municipality

Nord-Vågsøy Municipality
Nord-Vågsøy herad
Former municipality
Nord-Vaagsøy herred  (historic name)
Nordre Vaagsø herred  (historic name)
View of Refvikstranda
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Nord-Vågsøy within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°59′07″N 05°08′24″E / 61.98528°N 5.14000°E / 61.98528; 5.14000
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictNordfjord
Established1 Jan 1910
 • Preceded bySelje Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVågsøy Municipality
Administrative centreRaudeberg
Government
 • Mayor (1945–1964)Leif Iversen (H)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
41.5 km2 (16.0 sq mi)
 • Rank#596 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
504 m (1,654 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
1,450
 • Rank#544 in Norway
 • Density34.9/km2 (90/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 +13.6%
DemonymVågsøyværing[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1440[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Nord-Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 41.5-square-kilometre (16.0 sq mi) municipality existed from 1910 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Kinn Municipality in the traditional district of Nordfjord in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Raudeberg where the Nord-Vågsøy Church is located. Other villages in Nord-Vågsøy include Halsør, Vedvika, Refvika, Kvalheim, and Kråkenes.

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 41.5-square-kilometre (16.0 sq mi) municipality was the 596th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Vågsøy Municipality was the 544th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,450. The municipality's population density was 34.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (90/sq mi) and its population had increased by 13.6% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]

General information

Nord-Vågsøy Municipality was originally a part of the old Selje Municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1910, Selje Municipality was divided into three separate municipalities as follows:[8]

  • the northern part of the island of Vågsøy (population: 1,111) became Nord-Vågsøy Municipality
  • the southern part of the island of Vågsøy plus a portion of the mainland to the east of the island (population: 1,517) became Sør-Vågsøy Municipality
  • the rest of the old municipality (population: 3,367) continued on as a smaller Selje Municipality.

On 1 July 1921, the Blesrød farm in Nord-Vågsøy Municipality (just north of Måløy) was transferred to Sør-Vågsøy Municipality.[8]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the following areas were merged to form the new Vågsøy Municipality:[8]

Name

The municipality is named Nord-Vågsøy since it encompasses the northern part of the island of Vågsøy (Old Norse: Vágsey). The prefix is nord which means "northern". The first element of the name is the genitive case of vágr which means "bay" or "inlet". The last element is ey which means "island".[9][10]

Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Nordre Vaagsø. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nord-Vaagsøy. The letter y was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name (ø is the Danish word for "island" and øy is the Norwegian word). The prefix was also modified from Nordre to Nord-, using an alternate way of spelling the same thing.[11] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Nord-Vaagsøy with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Nord-Vågsøy, using the letter å instead.[12][13]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Nord-Vågsøy Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Selje prestegjeld and the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[7]

Churches in Nord-Vågsøy Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Nord-Vågsøy Nord-Vågsøy Church Raudeberg 1960

Geography

The municipality encompassed the northern part of the island of Vågsøy. The highest point in the municipality was the 504-metre (1,654 ft) tall mountain Heida.[1] Selje Municipality was located to the north and east, Sør-Vågsøy Municipality was located to the south, and the North Sea was located to the west.

Government

While it existed, Nord-Vågsøy Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[14] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Nord-Vågsøy Municipality was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Nord-Vågsøy herredsstyre 1959–1963 [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Note: On 1 January 1964, Nord-Vågsøy Municipality became part of Vågsøy Municipality.
Nord-Vågsøy herredsstyre 1955–1959 [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Nord-Vågsøy herredsstyre 1951–1955 [17]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:16
Nord-Vågsøy herredsstyre 1947–1951 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 16
Total number of members:16
Nord-Vågsøy herredsstyre 1945–1947 [19]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:16
Nord-Vågsøy herredsstyre 1937–1941* [20]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:16
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Mayors

The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Nord-Vågsøy Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Politically, Nord-Vågsøy Municipality was marked by the father and son Karl Iversen and Leif Iversen, who served as mayors for forty of the 54 years that the municipality was in existence. The following people have held this position:[21] The mayors (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Nord-Vågsøy:[22]

  • 1910–1917: Olaf Refvik
  • 1918–1925: Karl Iversen
  • 1926–1929: Olaf Refvik
  • 1929–1937: Karl Iversen
  • 1937–1941: Leif Iversen (H)
  • 1941–1941: Jon Sefland (NS)
  • 1941–1942: Reinhart Horn (NS)
  • 1942–1945: Ole Olsen (NS)
  • 1945–1964: Leif Iversen (H)

See also

References

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