Jøssund is a
former municipality in the old
Sør-Trøndelag county,
Norway
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. The municipality existed from 1896 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed northern coastal area of the present-day municipality of
Ørland
Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begin ...
in
Trøndelag
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county. The main church for Jøssund was
Jøssund Church in the village of
Jøssund which was the
administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages in Jøssund included
Lysøysundet and
Vallersund
Vallersund is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of the village of Jøssund, Bjugn, Jøssund and about northeast of the village of Oksvoll. The Asenvågøy Lighthouse is ...
.
History
The municipality of Jøssund was established on 1 January 1896 when it was split off from the large municipality of
Aafjord. Initially, Jøssund had a population of 1,529. 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 municipality of Jøssund (population: 1,917) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of
Bjugn (population: 1,240),
Nes
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(population: 1,107), and the northern part of Stjørna (population: 676) to form a new, larger municipality of
Bjugn.
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Jøssund, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, unemployment and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, elected representatives, which Indirect election, in turn elects a mayor.
Municipal council
The Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Jøssund was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The Political party, party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
See also
*List of former municipalities of Norway
References
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Former municipalities of Norway
Ørland
1896 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway