Modalen
Modalen Municipality
Modalen kommune | |
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Modalen | |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Linda Neset (LL) |
Area | |
• Total | 412.01 km2 (159.08 sq mi) |
• Land | 379.08 km2 (146.36 sq mi) |
• Water | 32.90 km2 (12.70 sq mi) 8% |
• Rank | #236 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 380 |
• Rank | #355 in Norway |
• Density | 1.0/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −0.8% |
Demonym | Modøl[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-4629[3] |
Website | Official website |
Modalen is a municipality in the
The small population, combined with a large income from
The 412-square-kilometre (159 sq mi) municipality is the 236th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Modalen is the 355th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 380 (making it the second smallest municipality in Norway after Utsira). The municipality's population density is 1 inhabitant per square kilometre (2.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.8% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
General information
The parish of Modalen was separated from the old municipality of Hosanger on 1 January 1910 to become a separate municipality. Initially, the municipality had 821 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the middle part of the Eksingedalen valley (population: 151) was transferred from Modalen to the municipality of Vaksdal. Also on that date, the Nipo, Dyrkolbotn, and Eitrdalen farm areas (population: 12), located north of the village of Romarheim, were transferred from Modalen to the neighboring municipality of Lindås.[6]
Name
The municipality (originally the
Coat of arms
The
Churches
The
Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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Mo | Mo Church |
Mo |
1883 |
Government
Modalen Municipality is responsible for
Municipal council
The
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Samlingslista (Common List) | 6 | |
Solrenningslista (Sunrise List) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Samlingslista (Common List) | 7 | |
Solrenningslista (Sunrise List) | 6 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Samlingslista (Common List) | 6 | |
Solrenningslista (Sunrise List) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Samlingslista (Common List) | 7 | |
Solrenningslista (Sunrise List) | 6 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Samlingslista (Common List) | 5 | |
Solrenningslista (Sunrise List) | 8 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Samlingslista (Common List) | 8 | |
Solrenningslista (Sunrise List) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Common Election List (Flertallsvalg) | 13 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Mayors
The
- 2003–2015: Knut Moe (LL)
- 2015–2019: Tom Kristian Thorsen (LL)
- 2019–2023: Kjetil Eikefet (LL)
- 2023-present: Linda Neset (LL)[16]
Population
Historical population | |||||||||||||
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Year | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1946 | 1951 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2023 |
Pop. | 821 | 779 | 729 | 713 | 627 | 544 | 295 | 313 | 340 | 354 | 344 | 388 | 380 |
±% p.a. | — | −0.52% | −0.66% | −0.14% | −2.54% | −1.57% | −5.94% | +0.59% | +0.83% | +0.40% | −0.29% | +1.21% | −0.69% |
Note: The municipal borders were changed in 1964, causing a significant change in the population. Source: Statistics Norway[4][17] and Norwegian Historical Data Centre[18] |
Geography
Modalen municipality sits in the central part of Vestland county. It surrounds the innermost part of the Romarheimsfjorden (which is also called the Mofjorden) and the Modalen valley which extends eastwards from the end of the fjord. Both sides of the valley are mountainous, so the municipality is quite isolated with only two roads connecting it to the outside world. Both roads were constructed fairly recently, before that time, the municipality was only accessible by boat or crossing mountains on foot. The Modalen Tunnel was built in 1976 and it connects this valley to the Eksingedalen valley to the south. The other road was finished in 1996, and it follows the fjord heading west to Lindås.
The Modalen valley centers around the river Moelva. The lake
Modalen borders the municipality of Høyanger to the north and the municipality of Vik to the east, Vaksdal to the south, and Alver and Masfjorden to the west.
History
The Modalen project
In 2001 Modalen got a 2-megabit broadband connection. The idea was to make Modalen the world's first fully-connected wireless broadband community.[19] Modalen was the first community to undergo an all-broadband project as part of an effort by the Norwegian government to achieve full broadband coverage nationwide by 2004.[20]
Notable people
- Andres Lavik (1852–1941), a farmer, politician, and mayor of Modalen in 1910
- Olav Nygard (1884 in Modalen – 1924), a poet
- Johannes Moe (born 1926 in Modalen), an engineer and research administrator
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ a b Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ISBN 9788253746845.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 336–337.
- ^ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "Modalen, Hordaland (Norway)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "Godkjenning av våpen og flagg". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian). Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet. 2 November 1984. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- Valgdirektoratet. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- Valgdirektoratet. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- Valgdirektoratet. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Ordførar". Modalen kommune (in Norwegian). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Folketellingen 1960" (PDF) (in Norwegian).
- ^ Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet. "Censuses in the Norwegian Historical Data Archive (NHDC)".
- ^ "Norwegian village in broadband trial". 16 August 2001. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Entire Norwegian Village Gets Broadband Coverage". InformationWeek. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
External links
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)