Nord-Vågsøy

Coordinates: 61°59′07″N 05°08′24″E / 61.98528°N 5.14000°E / 61.98528; 5.14000
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Nord-Vågsøy Municipality
Nord-Vågsøy herad
Vågsøy Municipality
Administrative centreRaudeberg
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,476
DemonymVågsøyværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1440[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Nord-Vågsøy is a

Kinn Municipality 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, Vedvik, Refvik, Kvalheim, and Kråkenes
.

History

Nord-Vågsøy was originally a part of the municipality of

Vågsøy Municipality was created by merging the municipalities of Sør-Vågsøy (population: 3,926) and Nord-Vågsøy (population: 1,476) with parts of neighboring Davik and Selje municipalities.[3]

Name

The municipality is named Nord-Vågsøy since it encompasses the northern part of the island of

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".[4][5]

Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Nordre Vaagsø. On 3 November 1917, a

aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Nord-Vågsøy, using the letter å instead.[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]

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Nord-Vågsøy was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party
breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Nord-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1960–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Nord-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1956–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Nord-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1952–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:16
Nord-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1948–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 16
Total number of members:16
Nord-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:16
Nord-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1938–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 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

Politically, Nord-Vågsøy was marked by the father and son Karl Iversen and

Nynorsk: ordførar) of Nord-Vågsøy:[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  3. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  4. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 399.
  6. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  7. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1000. 1917.
  8. ^ Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri. 1918.
  9. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  16. ^ "NRK County Encyclopedia of Sogn og Fjordane" (in Norwegian).
  17. ^ "Ordførarar i Vågsøy kommune". NRK Fylkesliksikon (in Norwegian). 20 November 2003. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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