Valberg, Nordland

Valberg herred
Former municipality
View of the village surrounding Valberg Church

Nordland within
Norway

Valberg within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°11′42″N 13°56′25″E / 68.1950°N 13.9404°E / 68.1950; 13.9404Coordinates: 68°11′42″N 13°56′25″E / 68.1950°N 13.9404°E / 68.1950; 13.9404
Country Norway
County Nordland
District Lofoten
Established 1927
Disestablished 1 Jan 1963
Administrative centre Valberg
Area
 • Total 57 km2 (22 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1963)
 • Total 622
 • Density 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1863
Preceded by Borge in 1927
Succeeded by Vestvågøy in 1963
Data from Statistics Norway

Valberg (formerly Valdberg) is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 57-square-kilometre (22 sq mi) municipality existed from 1927 until 1963. The municipality covered the southeastern coast of the island of Vestvågøya in what is now Vestvågøy Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Valberg where Valberg Church is located.[1]

History

The municipality of Valdberg was created by an acrimonious split from the municipality of Borge in 1927. The new municipality initially had 625 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Valberg municipality (population: 662) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Borge (population: 4,056), Buksnes (population: 4,416), and Hol (population: 3,154) to create the new Vestvågøy Municipality.[2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Valberg farm (Norse Valberg or Valaberg), since Valberg Church was built there. The farm was named after a nearby mountain. The first element is valr which means "falcon" and the last element is berg which means "mountain".[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2018-02-20). "Valberg – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 328.
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