Mo is a
former municipality in
Telemark county,
Norway. The municipality
existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of
Tokke Municipality
Tokke is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. The municipality of Tokke was cr ...
. 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 Vistad which is located just west of the present village of
Dalen.
History
The
parish of Mo 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). In 1879, there was a small border adjustment where a part of
Laardal Municipality (population: 6) was transferred to Mo Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Mo Municipality (population: 1,658) and
Lårdal Municipality
Lårdal is a village in Tokke Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located on the north shore of the lake Bandak and about south of the village of Høydalsmo and the European route E134 highway. The village i ...
(population: 1,929) were merged to form a new municipality called
Tokke.
Name
The municipality (originally the
parish) was named after the old ''Mo'' farm ( non, Mór) since the first
Mo Church was built there. The name is identical with the word which means "
heath" or "
moorland
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".
Government
While it existed, this municipality was 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. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a
municipal council of
elected representatives, which
in turn elected a
mayor.
Municipal council
The
municipal council of Mo was made up of 21 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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Tokke
Former municipalities of Norway
XXXX establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway