Drevja

Drevja herred
Former municipality
The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen

Nordland within
Norway

Drevja within Nordland
Coordinates: 65°58′57″N 13°15′54″E / 65.98250°N 13.26500°E / 65.98250; 13.26500Coordinates: 65°58′57″N 13°15′54″E / 65.98250°N 13.26500°E / 65.98250; 13.26500
Country Norway
County Nordland
District Helgeland
Established 1 July 1927
Disestablished 1 Jan 1962
Population (1962)
 • Total 1,001
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1823
Preceded by Vefsn in 1927
Succeeded by Vefsn in 1962
Data from Statistics Norway

Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the Drevja valley, north of the Vefsnfjorden in the northern part of the present-day Vefsn Municipality. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.[1]

History

Drevja Church

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large Vefsn Municipality was divided into three municipalities: Drevja (population: 964) in the north, Grane (population: 1,746) in the south, and Vefsn (population: 3,119) in the center.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Drevja (population: 1,001) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Elsfjord (population: 920) and Vefsn (population: 5,358) and with the town of Mosjøen) to form a new, larger Vefsn Municipality.[2]

Name

The municipality was named after the river Drevja (which flows from the lake Drevvatnet to the Vefsnfjorden). The name of the river is derived from the word drav (meaning 'rubbish' or 'waste'), thus the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2014-11-27). "Drevja – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-03-18). "Drevja – elv i Vefsn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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