Lavik og Brekke

Coordinates: 61°06′17″N 05°30′37″E / 61.10472°N 5.51028°E / 61.10472; 5.51028
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Lavik og Brekke Municipality
Lavik og Brekke herad
Former municipality
View of Lavik village
View of Lavik village
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Lavik og Brekke within Sogn og Fjordane
Lavik og Brekke within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°06′17″N 05°30′37″E / 61.10472°N 5.51028°E / 61.10472; 5.51028
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictSogn
Established1 Jan 1861
 • Preceded byLavik and Brekke municipalities
Disestablished1 Jan 1905
 • Succeeded byLavik and Brekke municipalities
Administrative centreLavik
Area
 (upon dissolution)[1][2]
 • Total427 km2 (165 sq mi)
Population
 (1905)
 • Total2,164
 • Density5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1415[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

Lavik og Brekke is a

administrative center of Lavik og Brekke was the village of Lavik. There were two churches in the municipality: Lavik Church in Lavik on the north side of the fjord and Brekke Church in Brekke on the south side of the fjord.[4]

History

Lavik og Brekke was established as a

Sognefjorden. Before the merger, Lavik had 926 inhabitants and Brekke had 898, giving the new municipality a population of 1,824. On 1 January 1875, a part of Klævold municipality (to the west) with 90 inhabitants was moved to Lavik og Brekke. On 1 January 1905, the municipality was split, reverting to their previous borders, leaving Lavik and Brekke as separate municipalities once again. Before the split Lavik og Brekke had a population of 2,164. Both Lavik and Brekke were later incorporated into other municipalities, with Lavik joining Høyanger and Brekke joining Gulen.[5]

Name

The municipal name Lavik og Brekke (lit. 'Lavik and Brekke') was created as a compound name by combining the names of the two predecessor municipalities.

The first name comes from the old Lavik farm (

Old Norse: Lámvíkum) since the first Lavik Church was built there. The first element has an uncertain meaning. One possibility is that it comes from the word hlað which means "pile" or "stack". The last element likely comes from the word vík which means "inlet" or "cove". Historically the spelling has varied greatly. It was Laduigh in the 16th century, Laduig in the 17th century, Ladvig in the 18th century, Ladevig in the 19th century, and finally Lavik in the 20th century.[6]

The second name comes from the old

Old Norse: Brekka) since the first Brekke Church was built there. The name is identical to the word brekka which means "slope". Historically, the spelling of the name was not formalized until the 1800s, so spellings such as Breche, Bræcke, and Brække were also used.[7][8]

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.[9]

Mayors

The

Nynorsk: ordførar) of Lavik og Brekke:[10]

  • 1861-1862: Peder Fredrik Hartwig
  • 1863-1873: Lasse Ellingson
  • 1873-1877: Peder Fredrik Hartwig
  • 1878-1883: Matias Ellingsen
  • 1884-1889: Mons H. Oppedal
  • 1890-1901: Lasse J. Wergeland
  • 1902-1904: Berge Instefjord

See also

References

  1. ^
    Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. ^
    Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  3. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  4. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  5. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 183–184.
  7. ^ Arthur, Ross G. (2002). English-Old Norse Dictionary (PDF). Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 190–193.
  9. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  10. ^ "Ordførarar i Høyanger kommune". NRK Fylkesliksikon (in Norwegian). 2003-11-07. Retrieved 2023-06-20.

External links

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