Borge, Nordland

Borge herred
Former municipality
View of Borge Church

Nordland within
Norway

Borge within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°14′41″N 13°46′14″E / 68.24472°N 13.77056°E / 68.24472; 13.77056Coordinates: 68°14′41″N 13°46′14″E / 68.24472°N 13.77056°E / 68.24472; 13.77056
Country Norway
County Nordland
District Lofoten
Established 1 Jan 1838
Disestablished 1 Jan 1963
Administrative centre Bøstad
Area
 • Total 200 km2 (80 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1963)
 • Total 4,056
 • Density 20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Borgefjerding
Borgfjerding[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1862
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Succeeded by Vestvågøy in 1963
Data from Statistics Norway

Borge is a parish and former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 200-square-kilometre (77 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1963.[2] It was located on the northern part of the island of Vestvågøya in what is now Vestvågøy Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bøstad where Borge Church is located.[3]

History

The prestegjeld of Borge was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1927, the southern district of Borge (population: 625) split off to form the new municipality of Valdberg. This left Borge with 4,093 inhabitants. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, the municipality of Borge (population: 4,056) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Buksnes (population: 4,416), Hol (population: 3,154), and Valberg (population: 662) to create the new Vestvågøy Municipality.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Borge farm (Old Norse: Borgar), since the Borge Church was built there. The name is the plural of borg which means "castle" or "hill/plateau suitable for a castle".[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Helland, Amund (1908). "Borge herred". Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian). XVIII. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 595. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  3. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2018-04-15). "Borge – tidligere kommune i Lofoten". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  5. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 324.
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