Land (municipality)

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Coordinates: 60°47′58″N 10°13′32″E / 60.799383°N 10.225524°E / 60.799383; 10.225524
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This article is about the former municipality in Norway. For the traditional district in Norway, see Land, Norway.
Land Municipality
Land herred
Former municipality
View of the north end of the Randsfjorden
View of the north end of the Randsfjorden
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Land within Oppland
Land within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°47′58″N 10°13′32″E / 60.799383°N 10.225524°E / 60.799383; 10.225524
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictLand
Established1 January 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 January 1847
 • Succeeded byNordre Land and Søndre Land
Administrative centreFluberg
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,684 km2 (650 sq mi)
 • Land1,580 km2 (610 sq mi)
 • Water104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (1847)
 • Total9,199
 • Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
DemonymLanding[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0536[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Land is a

Søndre Land Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Fluberg. The municipality encompassed the whole area of the historical district of Land.[3]

History

The municipality of Land was established on 1 January 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt law). The municipality was not long-lived. In 1847, the municipality was divided into the two municipalities of Nordre Land (population: 4,595) and Søndre Land (population: 4,604).[4]

Name

The municipality after the historical district of

Old Norse: Land) which was once a petty kingdom of its own. The name is identical to the word land which means "land".[5]

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.[6]

Mayors

The mayors of Land:

  • 1837-1839: Peder Pavels Aabel
  • 1839-1840: Anton Elias Smidt
  • 1840-1848: Ole Hannibal Lie

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  3. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (Anden halvdel) (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 179 & 196.
  6. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.


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