Varaldsøy (municipality)

Varaldsøy is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1965. The 83-square-kilometre (32 sq mi) municipality encompassed the whole island of Varaldsøy and a 2-to-3-kilometre (1.2 to 1.9 mi) wide strip of the mainland west of the island. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village area of Varaldsøy on the southern part of the island, where Varaldsøy Church is located.[2]

View of the southern part of Varaldsøy island
Varaldsøy herad
Former municipality
Hordaland within
Norway
Varaldsøy within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°07′43″N 05°59′21″E
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictHardanger
Established1 Jan 1902
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
Administrative centreVaraldsøy
Area
 • Total83 km2 (32 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1964)
 • Total811
 • Density9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Varaldsøying[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1225
Preceded byStrandebarm in 1902
Succeeded byKvam and Kvinnherad in 1965
Data from Statistics Norway

History

On 1 January 1902, the southern district of the municipality of Strandebarm was separated to become the new municipality of Varaldsøy. Initially, Varaldsøy had a population of 848. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Varaldsøy was dissolved and its lands were split between two neighboring municipalities. The Mundheim area northwest of the island on the mainland (population: 300) was incorporated into Kvam Municipality, and the island of Varaldsøy and the rest of the mainland area southwest of the island (population: 511) became a part of Kvinnherad Municipality.[3]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Varaldsøy, 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 elects a mayor.[4]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Varaldsøy was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Varaldsøy Heradsstyre 1964 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Varaldsøy Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Varaldsøy Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Varaldsøy Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Varaldsøy Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Varaldsøy Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Varaldsøy Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Varaldsøy. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Hansen, Tore, ed. (2016-05-12). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  5. "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
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