Ã…sane is a
former municipality in the old
Hordaland county in
Norway. The municipality existed from 1904 until 1972. The municipality encompassed the northern part of the
Bergen Peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present-day borough of
Ã…sane in the city-municipality of
Bergen. The
administrative centre
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of the municipality was the village of
Eidsvåg. The main church for the municipality was
Ã…sane Church. Historically, the area was called ''Aasene'', but with spelling reforms in the Norwegian language, the modern spelling has been ''Ã…sane'' since about 1920.
History
The large
parish of
Hammer
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existed for many centuries and within the parish existed the annex of ''Aasene''. On 1 January 1904, the annex of Aasene (population: 1,625) was separated from the rest of Hammer to become a separate municipality. The original municipality included the northern part of the
Bergen Peninsula, except for the coastal areas along the
Salhusfjorden and
Sørfjorden. On 1 July 1914, most of the northern coastal part of the Bergen peninsula (population: 644) was transferred to Aasene (except for the far northern tip around Tellevik). On 1 July 1938, the far northern tip of the Bergen peninsula around the villages of Tellevik and Hordvik were transferred from Hamre municipality to Åsane. The new municipality was small, but over the next several decades, there was major population growth due to the growing city of
Bergen, located to the southwest, over the mountains. On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Ã…sane (population: 19,205) was merged into the city of Bergen (the other neighboring municipalities of
Arna,
Fana, and
Laksevåg were also merged with Bergen on the same date).
Government
The
municipal council of Ã…sane was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
Mayors
This is a list of the mayors who served Ã…sane:
See also
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List of former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...
References
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Geography of Bergen
Former municipalities of Norway
1904 establishments in Norway
1972 disestablishments in Norway