Høyland is a former municipality in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...

county,

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. The municipality was located at the innermost end of the

Gandsfjorden Gandsfjorden or Gandafjorden is a fjord in Rogaland county, Norway. The long Gandsfjorden is an arm off of the large Boknafjorden. It runs between the mainland and the Stavanger Peninsula in the western parts of the municipalities of Stavanger ...

in the western part of the present-day municipality of

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...

. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The main church for the municipality was

Høyland Church Høyland Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Austrått in the city of Sandnes in the far western part of the municipality. It is one of ...

History

The

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

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,286. On 6 April 1861, the large village of

(population: 440) was declared to be a ladested (seaport town). It was therefore separated from Høyland to constitute a municipality of its own. The split left Høyland with 3,376 inhabitants. In 1912, a part of Høyland with 41 inhabitants was moved to the neighboring municipality of

Hetland Hetland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965 when it was dissolved. The municipality included the Stavanger Peninsula and the land surrounding both sides of the Gandsfjorden, but ...

to the north. In 1957, a part of Høyland with 18 inhabitants was moved to the town of Sandnes. On 1 January 1965, there were many municipal changes across Norway due to the recommendations of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee () was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a ...

. On that date the municipality of Høyland was merged with the town of

and most of the municipalities of Hetland and

Høle Høle is a previous borough and a village in the eastern part of Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, located along the Høgsfjorden. The area was historically a part of the municipality of Høle. Høle Church and Høle School ...

to form a new, larger municipality of

. Prior to the merger, Høyland had a population of 20,353.

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the old ''Høiland'' farm () since the first

was built there. The first element comes from the word which means "high" or "tall". The last element is which means "land" or "district". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Høiland''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Høyland''.

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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, and municipal

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s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council.

Municipal council

The

of Høyland was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

External links

Map of Høyland (page 4)
{{Interwiki extra, qid=Q4881674 Sandnes Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1965 disestablishments in Norway