Vevring Municipality

Vevring Municipality
Vevring herad
Former municipality
View of the local Vevring Church
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Vevring within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°29′32″N 5°24′24″E / 61.4922°N 5.4067°E / 61.4922; 5.4067
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictSunnfjord
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byFlora, Askvoll, and Naustdal municipalities
Administrative centreVevring
Government
 • Mayor (1956–1964)Audun Hegrenes
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
125.2 km2 (48.3 sq mi)
 • Rank#470 in Norway
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
866
 • Rank#632 in Norway
 • Density6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 −8.6%
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1434[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

Vevring is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Kinn Municipality, Askvoll Municipality, and Sunnfjord Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnfjord in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Vevring which is on the north side of the Førdefjorden where Vevring Church is located. The village of Kvammen was the main village on the south side of the fjord.

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 125.2-square-kilometre (48.3 sq mi) municipality was the 470th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Vevring Municipality was the 632nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 866. The municipality's population density was 6.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 8.6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

General information

The parish of Vevring was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and split between three surrounding municipalities:[7]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vevring farm (Old Norse: Vefring) since the first Vevring Church was built there. The name of the farm comes from the name of a local stream. The stream's original name was derived from the word vafra which means "to roam" or "to wander", likely describing the path of the stream.[8][9]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Vevring Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Førde prestegjeld and the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[6]

Churches in Vevring Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Vevring Vevring Church Vevring 1846

Geography

Vevring Municipality was centered along the Førdefjorden in the Sunnfjord region. Bru Municipality was located to the west and north, Eikefjord Municipality was located to the northeast, Naustdal Municipality was located to the east, Gaular Municipality was located to the southeast, and Fjaler Municipality was located to the south.

Vevring Municipality stretched from the Ålasundet strait (the narrowest part of the fjord) in the east to the mouth of the fjord in the west and from the Steindalen valley in the north to the mountains south of the fjord. The highest point in the municipality was the 1,304-metre (4,278 ft) tall mountain Blægja.[4]

Government

While it existed, Vevring Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[10] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Vevring Municipality was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Vevring heradsstyre 1959–1963 [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 15
Total number of members:15
Note: On 1 January 1964, Vevring Municipality was divided between Flora Municipality, Askvoll Municipality, and Naustdal Municipality.
Vevring heradsstyre 1955–1959 [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 15
Total number of members:15
Vevring heradsstyre 1951–1955 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:14
Vevring heradsstyre 1947–1951 [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:14
Vevring heradsstyre 1945–1947 [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:14
Vevring heradsstyre 1937–1941* [16]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 12
Total number of members:14
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

The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Vevring Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[17][18]

  • 1838–1857: Johannes C. Skorven
  • 1858–1863: Anders A. Redal
  • 1864–1867: Johannes C. Skorven
  • 1868–1900: Karl Vefring
  • 1901–1910: Andreas Hegrenes
  • 1911–1925: Gjert Hegrenes
  • 1926–1932: Johannes Osland
  • 1933–1937: Johannes Kvammen
  • 1938–1942: Johannes Thingnes
  • 1942–1943: Anders Øye
  • 1943–1945: Sigvald Gjelsvik
  • 1945–1945: Johannes Thingnes
  • 1946–1955: Bertel Hundvebakke
  • 1956–1964: Audun Hegrenes

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
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  9. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 348.
  10. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Ordførarar i Naustdal kommune". NRK Fylkesliksikon (in Norwegian). 3 March 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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