Andenes (municipality)

Andenes herred
Former municipality

Nordland within
Norway

Andenes within Nordland
Coordinates: 69°18′52″N 16°07′10″E / 69.3144°N 16.1194°E / 69.3144; 16.1194Coordinates: 69°18′52″N 16°07′10″E / 69.3144°N 16.1194°E / 69.3144; 16.1194
Country Norway
County Nordland
District Vesterålen
Established 1 Jan 1924
Disestablished 1 Jan 1964
Administrative centre Andenes
Area
 • Total 71 km2 (27 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1964)
 • Total 3,812
 • Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Andværing[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1873
Preceded by Dverberg in 1924
Succeeded by Andøy in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

 Andenes  is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 71-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the northern part of the island of Andøya as well as many small surrounding islets and skerries in what is now Andøy Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Andenes where the Andenes Church is located.[2]

History

The municipality of Andenes was established on 1 January 1924 when Dverberg Municipality was divided into three: Andenes (population: 2,213) in the north, Bjørnskinn (population: 1,410) in the south, and Dverberg (population: 1,477) in the central part of the old municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Andenes (population: 3,812) was merged (back) with the municipalities of Dverberg (population: 1,719) and Bjørnskinn (population: 1,835) to create the new Andøy Municipality.[3]

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Andarnes (from originally Amdarnes). The first element is the genitive case of Ömd (the old name of the island Andøya) and the last element is nes which means "headland".[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2016-04-20). "Andenes – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 402.
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