Haltdalen (historically: ''Holtaalen'') is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1972 when it was merged with Ålen to become the present-day municipality of

Holtålen Holtålen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is located in the Ålen area of the village of Renbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Hess ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of

Haltdalen Haltdalen is a village in Holtålen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gaula, about northwest of the village of Renbygda and about southwest of the village of Aunegrenda. The village of Haltdale ...

where the

Haltdalen Church Haltdalen Church ( no, Haltdalen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Holtålen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Haltdalen. It is the main church for the Haltdalen parish which is part ...

is located.

Name

The municipality was originally named ''Holtaalen''. The name comes from the local river ''Holta'', a side branch of the larger Gaula River. In the early 20th century, the spelling of the name was changed to ''Holtålen''. In 1937, the municipality was renamed ''Haltdalen'', the name it held until 1972 when it was merged with the neighboring municipality of Ålen to form the new municipality of

, resurrecting the old name of the municipality that was used before 1937.

History

The

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of Holtaalen was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1841, the western part of the municipality (population: 1,272) was separated to become the new municipality of Singsaas. This left Holtaalen with 1,885 residents. Then in 1855, the southeastern part of Holtaalen (population: 1,487) was separated to become the new municipality of Aalen. This left Holtaalen with 809 residents. The spelling of the name was later changed to ''Holtålen''. In 1937, the name was changed from Holtålen to Haltdalen. Starting in the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II. It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municip ...

. On 1 January 1972, the neighboring municipalities of Haltdalen (population: 778) and Ålen (population: 1,944) were merged to form the new municipality of

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Haltdalen, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other social services,

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elects a

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Municipal council

The

of Haltdalen was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{Authority control Holtålen Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1972 disestablishments in Norway