Manger is a former municipality in the old

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now

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county. Upon its dissolution in 1964, Manger encompassed . The municipality originally included almost all of the island of

Radøy Radøy is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district of the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new municipality of Alver in Vestland county. The mun ...

, the northern part of the island of

Holsnøy Holsnøy is an island in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies to the north/west of the mainland, between the islands of Radøy to the north and Askøy to the south. The highest point on the island is the tall Eldsfjel ...

, and all the islands of northern

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. Over time, the municipality was reduced in size several times, so that by 1964, it was just the central part of Radøy island. The

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was the village of

Manger __NOTOC__ A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or feeder used to hold food for animals. The word comes from the Old French ''mangier'' (meaning "to eat"), from Latin ''mandere'' (meaning "to chew"). Mangers are mostly used in ...

where Manger Church is located.

History

The

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of Manger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

law). On 1 January 1871, the northwestern island district (population: 2,484) was separated to form the new municipality of

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. Then on 1 January 1910, the rest of the islands in the west of Manger (population: 986) was separated to form the new municipality of

Hjelme Hjelme is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality was located within the northern part of the present-day municipality of Øygarden. It existed from 1910 until 1964. The administrative centre was located a ...

. This left Manger with a population of 4,453. On 1 July 1924, all that was left of Manger was divided into three separate municipalities: the northern part became the new municipality of Bø, the southern part became the new municipality of Sæbø, and the remainder in the center was a much smaller Manger municipality. After this, Manger had a population of 1,426. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and a merged with the following places to form the new

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. *all Manger Municipality (population: 1,344) *all Hordabø Municipality (population: 1,679) *the island of Bognøy from Herdla Municipality (population: 29) *most of Sæbø Municipality, except the Titland area on the Lindås peninsula (population: 916) *the Sletta area on the island of

from

Lindås Municipality Lindås is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020 when it was merged into the new Alver Municipality. The administrative centre of th ...

(population: 305) *the Straume area on the island of Radøy and the small island of Fesøy from

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(population: 56)

Government

The

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of Manger was made up of 13 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 Alver (municipality) Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway

History

Government

See also

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