Årstad (municipality)

Coordinates: 60°22′35″N 05°21′41″E / 60.37639°N 5.36139°E / 60.37639; 5.36139
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Årstad Municipality
Årstad herred
Aarstad herred
Bergen Municipality
Administrative centreKronstad
Government
 • Mayor (1906-1915)Gerdt Meyer Bruun
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total21.37 km2 (8.25 sq mi)
Population
 (1915)
 • Total7,463
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1280[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Årstad is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The 21.37-square-kilometre (8.25 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1915 when it was merged into the city of Bergen. The municipality of Årstad (historically spelled Aarstad) was a southern suburb of the city of Bergen, mostly located in the valley to the south of the bay Store Lungegårdsvannet and the Puddefjorden all the way south to the village of Nattland. The administrative centre of Årstad was the village of Kronstad. The mountain Ulriken lies to the east of Årstad and the mountain Løvstakken lies to the west. The municipality is named after the medieval farm Alrekstad, located on this site.[2] The area of the old municipality somewhat corresponds to the present-day borough of Årstad in the city of Bergen.

History

The parish of Aarstad was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see

Bergen Landdistrikt. Årstad and the city of Bergen worked closely together from the start since both made up one large urban area. In fact, most of Årstad had been part of the Bergen Police District since 1808.[3]

On 1 July 1915, Årstad municipality (population: 7,463) was merged into the city of Bergen increasing the area of Bergen municipality from 13.9 to 34.9 square kilometres (5.4 to 13.5 sq mi). The merger happened after a long political process, following decades of close cooperation between the two municipalities. The merger also moved Årstad from Søndre Bergenhus county to Bergen county.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the

aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Årstad, using the letter å instead. Since then, when referring to the old municipality, the new spelling is used, but the letter "Å" was never used while the municipality existed.[6][7]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[8]

Mayors

The

Nynorsk: ordførar) of Årstad:[9]

  • 1837–1850: C. Wiese
  • 1850–1856: Ole Nicolai Løberg
  • 1856–1860: Samuel B. Meyer
  • 1860–1862: A. Christie
  • 1862–1876: Hjalmar Løberg
  • 1876–1880: Anders Paulsen
  • 1880–1882: A. Christie
  • 1882–1887: Carl Berg
  • 1888–1896: J.C. Meyer
  • 1896–1899: Samuel B. Michelsen
  • 1899–1902: Statius Arentz
  • 1902–1906: Halvor Kloster
  • 1906–1915: Gerdt Meyer Bruun

See also

References

  1. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Årstad – kommune"
    (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. ^ Stein Thowsen and Harald Garmannslund (2000). Årstad - historisk vandring i en ny bydel. Forlaget Livskunst. p. 12.
  4. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 291–292.
  6. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1000. 1917.
  7. ^ Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri. 1918.
  8. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Ordførere i Årstad, 1837-1915". Bergen Byarkiv (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 June 2023.


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