Høylandet

Høylandet kommune
Municipality
View of Høylandet village

Coat of arms
Trøndelag within
Norway

Høylandet within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°43′27″N 12°20′02″E / 64.72417°N 12.33389°E / 64.72417; 12.33389Coordinates: 64°43′27″N 12°20′02″E / 64.72417°N 12.33389°E / 64.72417; 12.33389
Country Norway
County Trøndelag
District Namdalen
Established 1 Jan 1901
Administrative centre Høylandet
Government
 • Mayor (2011) Hege Nordheim-Viken (Sp)
Area
 • Total 754.68 km2 (291.38 sq mi)
 • Land 702.64 km2 (271.29 sq mi)
 • Water 52.04 km2 (20.09 sq mi)  6.9%
Area rank #146 in Norway
Population (2017)
 • Total 1,264
 • Rank #372 in Norway
 • Density 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -0.2%
Demonym(s) Hålling[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-5046
Official language form Neutral
Website hoylandet.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Høylandet is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna.

The 755-square-kilometre (292 sq mi) municipality is the 146th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Høylandet is the 372nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,264. The municipality's population density is 1.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.2% over the last decade.[2]

General information

The municipality of Høylandet was established on 1 January 1901 when it was separated from the large municipality of Grong. Initially, the population of Høylandet was 1,046. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the Kongsmoen area (population: 221) of eastern Foldereid municipality was merged into Høylandet. On that same date the Galguften and Hauknes areas (population: 15) were transferred from Høylandet to neighboring Overhalla municipality.[3] On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Høylandir. The first element is høy which means "hay" and the last element is the plural form of land which means "land" or "region". The name was historically spelled Hølandet.[4]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is from modern times; they were granted on 2 January 1990. The arms show a black and white whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) on a green background. This was chosen because of the large number of these swans that migrate through the area each year.[5][6]

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Høylandet. It is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Høylandet
Parish (Sokn)Church NameLocation of the ChurchYear Built
HøylandetDrageid ChurchVassbotna1976
Høylandet ChurchHøylandet1860
Kongsmo ChapelKongsmoen1937

Geography

There are several large lakes in Høylandet including Almåsgrønningen, Eidsvatnet, Grungstadvatnet, Øyvatnet, and Storgrønningen. The innermost part of the Foldafjord is located in northern Høylandet. Norwegian County Road 17 runs through the municipality from south to north through the central valley.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Høylandet, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the Namdal District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Høylandet is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:[7]

Høylandet Kommunestyre 2015–2019
Party NameName in NorwegianNumber of
representatives
 Labour PartyArbeiderpartiet5
 Centre PartySenterpartiet12
 Liberal PartyVenstre1
 Local ListsLokale lister1
Total number of members:19

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (dokpro.uio.no) (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 267.
  5. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Høylandet – kommune i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  6. ↑ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.
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