Vikebygd Municipality
Vikebygd herad | |
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Coordinates: 59°35′39″N 05°35′14″E / 59.59417°N 5.58722°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Hordaland |
District | Sunnhordland |
Established | 1 Jan 1902 |
• Preceded by | Sveen Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Succeeded by | Ølen and Sveio municipalities |
Administrative centre | Vikebygd |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 102 km2 (39 sq mi) |
Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,049 |
• Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1215 [1] |
Vikebygd is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located along the eastern and western shores of the Ålfjorden, a small branch off the main Hardangerfjorden. The 102-square-kilometre (39 sq mi) municipality is located in the present-day municipalities of Sveio (in Hordaland county) and in Vindafjord (in Rogaland county). The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Vikebygd, where Vikebygd Church is located. [2]
Historically, the parish of Vikebygd was a part of the old municipality of Fjeldberg. In 1865, Vikebygd parish became a part of the new municipality of Sveen. On 1 January 1902, the eastern part of the municipality of Sveen was separated to form the new municipality of Vikebygd. Initially, Vikebygd had a population of 1,092. [3]
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Vikebygd was dissolved. Using Ålfjorden as a dividing line the western part of Vikebygd (population: 471) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Sveio and the eastern part (population: 578) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Ølen. On 1 January 2006, all of Ølen municipality was incorporated into Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county. [3]
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vik farm ( Old Norse: Víkr). The first element is the plural genitive case vík which means " bay" or " cove". The last element was added as a suffix. It comes from the word byggð which means "settlement" or "inhabited area". [4]
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. [5]
The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Vikebygd was made up of 17 representatives who were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 2 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 15 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 3 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 14 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 2 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 14 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 2 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 14 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 3 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 13 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 1 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 15 | |
Total number of members: | 16 | |
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |