Hølonda 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 1865 until its dissolution in 1964. Hølonda encompassed the southwestern part of what is now the municipality of

Melhus Melhus is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus. Other villages include Gåsbakken, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Ler, Lundamo, S ...

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 municipality was west of the river Gaula. The administrative centre was the village of

Korsvegen Korsvegen is a village in the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about south of the city of Trondheim, just west of the lake Benna. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Hølonda w ...

. The main church for the municipality was Hølonda Church, near Gåsbakken.

History

The municipality of ''Høilandet'' (later changed to ''Hølonda'') was established in 1865 when it was separated from the old municipality of

. The new municipality had an initial population of 1,818. During 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 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Hølonda (population: 1,428),

Horg Horg is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Horg encompassed the southern part of what is now the municipality of Melhus in Trø ...

(population: 2,560),

Flå Flå is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flå. The municipality of Flå was established when it was separated from the municipality of Nes on 1 January 1905. The municipal ...

(population: 843), Melhus (population: 3,978), and the Langørgen farm (population: 11) in

Buvik Buvik is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. Buvik existed from 1855 until 1965. The municipality encompassed the extreme northeastern part of what is now the municipality of Skaun in Trøndelag county. It encompas ...

were all merged to form a new, larger municipality of

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) was named Hølonda ( non, Høylandir). The first element is ''høy'' which means " high" and the last element is the plural form of ''land'' which means "land" or "district". Prior to 1889, the name was written ''Høilandet'', then from 1889 until 1931 it was written ''Hølandet'', and then from 1932 until its dissolution in 1964, it was spelled ''Hølonda''.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Hølonda, 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 Hølonda was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holonda Melhus Former municipalities of Norway 1865 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway