Nord-Varanger

Nord-Varanger herred
"Vadsø landsogn" (historic)
Former municipality

Finnmark within
Norway

Nord-Varanger within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°04′49″N 29°43′53″E / 70.08028°N 29.73139°E / 70.08028; 29.73139Coordinates: 70°04′49″N 29°43′53″E / 70.08028°N 29.73139°E / 70.08028; 29.73139
Country Norway
County Finnmark
District Øst-Finnmark
Established 1 Jan 1894
Disestablished 1 Jan 1964
Administrative centre Vadsø
Area
 • Total 1,253 km2 (484 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1964)
 • Total 1,587
 • Density 1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Varangværing[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-2029
Preceded by Vadsø in 1894
Succeeded by Vadsø in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Nord-Varanger is a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. The 1,253-square-kilometre (484 sq mi) municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the present-day Vadsø Municipality on the southern half of the Varanger Peninsula, east of the Jakobselva river, along the Varangerfjorden.[2] The administrative centre of the municipality was in the town of Vadsø.

Name

The name Nord-Varanger refers to the northern coast of the Varangerfjorden, (Old Norse: Ver(j)angr). The first part is ver meaning "fishing village" and the last part is angr which means "fjord". It was first probably used for the narrow fjord on the inside of Angsnes which now is called "Meskfjorden" and leads into Varangerbotn.

History

The kjøpstad (market town) of Vadsø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Because of the low population in the rural area around the town, the municipality originally included the rural area around it. That rural area was known as the Vadsø landsogn. On 1 January 1894, Vadsø landsogn was separated from the town of Vadsø and became the new municipality called Nord-Varanger. Nord-Varanger had an initial population of 1,296. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Nord-Varanger (population: 1,587) was merged with the town of Vadsø once again to create the present-day Vadsø Municipality.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2009-02-09). "Nord-Varanger". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  • Vadsø travel guide from Wikivoyage
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