Dønnes is a former municipality in the

Helgeland Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartise ...

traditional region in

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county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1888 until its dissolution in 1962. The former municipality encompassed the northern part of the island of Dønna, the western parts of the islands of Tomma and

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, and over 300 smaller surrounding islands, islets, and

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. Dønnes Church was probably built here at the request of Paul Vågaskalm who was governor of

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. It was built on the site of an older church sometime between 1200 and 1300. The characteristic onion dome was added in 1866. The church organ, built by

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, was installed in 1866.

History

Dønnes was established as a municipality on 1 July 1888 when the western part of the old

Nesna Municipality Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna. Other villages in Nesna include Handnesneset, Husby, Saura, and Vikhol ...

was separated to form a new municipality. Initially, Dønnes had a population of 1,348. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962 the municipality of Dønnes ceased to exist. The part of Dønnes on the island of Tomma (population: 80) was merged into

. The remainder of Dønnes (population: 1,348) was merged with the part of Herøy Municipality on the island of Dønna (population: 19), Nordvik Municipality (population: 1,293), and the part of

on the island of

(population: 80) to become the new Dønna Municipality.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Dønnes, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

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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 Dønnes was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Donnes Dønna Former municipalities of Norway 1888 establishments in Norway 1962 disestablishments in Norway

History

Government

Municipal council

See also

References

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