Valberg (formerly ''Valdberg'') is a
former municipality in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until 1963. The municipality covered the southeastern coast of the island of
Vestvågøya in what is now
Vestvågøy Municipality
Vestvågøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes. Some of the villages in the municipality include Ballstad, Borg, ...
. The
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
was the village of ''Valberg'' where
Valberg Church is located.
History
The municipality of ''Valberg'' was created by an acrimonious split from the municipality of
Borge in 1927. The new municipality initially had 625 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Valberg municipality (population: 662) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of
Borge (population: 4,056),
Buksnes (population: 4,416), and
Hol
Hol is a municipality in Viken county, Norway.
Administrative history
The area of Hol was separated from the municipality Ål in 1877 to become a separate municipality. In 1937 a part of neighboring Uvdal with 220 inhabitants moved to Hol municip ...
(population: 3,154) to create the new
Vestvågøy Municipality
Vestvågøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes. Some of the villages in the municipality include Ballstad, Borg, ...
.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Valberg farm (Norse ''Valberg'' or ''Valaberg''), since
Valberg Church was built there. The farm was named after a nearby mountain. The first element is ''valr'' which means "
falcon" and the last element is ''berg'' which means "
mountain".
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Valberg, are responsible for
primary education
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(through 10th grade), outpatient
health services
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,
senior citizen services,
unemployment and other
social services
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,
zoning,
economic development, and municipal
roads. The municipality is governed by a
municipal council of
elected representatives, which
in turn elects a
mayor.
Municipal council
The
municipal council of Valberg was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
See also
*
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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Vestvågøy
Former municipalities of Norway
1927 establishments in Norway
1963 disestablishments in Norway