Fillan (municipality)

Fillan herad
Former municipality
Map of the island of Hitra with the old municipal boundaries (originally Fillan also included Sandstad)
Fillan herad
Fillan within Sør-Trøndelag
Fillan herad
Fillan herad (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°36′23″N 8°58′11″E / 63.6063°N 08.9696°E / 63.6063; 08.9696Coordinates: 63°36′23″N 8°58′11″E / 63.6063°N 08.9696°E / 63.6063; 08.9696
Country Norway
County Sør-Trøndelag
District Fosen
Established 1 Jan 1886
Disestablished 1 Jan 1964
Administrative centre Fillan
Population (1964)
 • Total 1,759
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1616
Preceded by Hitra in 1886
Succeeded by Hitra in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Fillan is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality is now part of the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county. The municipality included the northeastern part of the island of Hitra surrounding the Fillfjorden, plus about 100 islands, islets, and skerries—including Fjellværsøya and Ulvøya. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Fillan. Other villages in the municipality included Ansnes, Nordbotn, and Ulvan.[1]

The former municipality had a church and a chapel in it, both of which now form a parish within the present-day municipality of Hitra. The Fillan church is located in the village of Fillan and the Nordbotn chapel is located on the island of Fjellværsøya.

History

The municipality of Fillan was established on 1 January 1886 when it was separated from the municipality of Hitra to form a municipality of its own. The initial population of the new municipality was 2,241. On 1 July 1914, the southern district of Sandstad was separated from Fillan to form its own municipality, leaving 1,543 residents in Fillan. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Fillan, Sandstad, Kvenvær, and Hitra were merged to re-form the old pre-1886 Hitra municipality. Prior to the merger, Fillan had 1,759 residents.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Haugen, Morten, ed. (2014-11-28). "Fillan – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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