Åsane Municipality Åsane kommune | |
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| Aasane herred (historic name) Aasene herred (historic name) | |
 Flaktveit in Åsane, seen from Vareggen. | |
 Hordaland within Norway | |
 Åsane within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates:60°28′16″N05°19′38″E / 60.47111°N 5.32722°E /60.47111; 5.32722 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1904 |
| • Preceded by | Hammer Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1972 |
| • Succeeded by | Bergen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Eidsvåg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(1966-1971) | Henry Andreassen |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 71.01 km2 (27.42 sq mi) |
| Population (1971) | |
• Total | 18,161 |
| • Density | 255.8/km2 (662.4/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Åsabu[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1255[2] |
Åsane is aformer municipality in the oldHordaland county inNorway. The municipality existed from 1904 until 1972. The 71-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) municipality encompassed the northern part of theBergen Peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present-day borough ofÅsane in the city-municipality ofBergen. Theadministrative centre of the municipality was the village ofEidsvåg. The main church for the municipality wasÅsane Church. Historically, the area was calledAasene, but with spelling reforms in the Norwegian language, the modern spelling has beenÅsane since about 1920.[3][4]
The largeparish ofHammer existed for many centuries and within the parish existed the annex ofAasene. On 1 January 1904, the annex of Aasene (population: 1,625) was separated from the rest of Hammer to become a separate municipality. The original municipality included the northern part of theBergen Peninsula, except for the coastal areas along theSalhusfjorden andSørfjorden. On 1 July 1914, most of the northern coastal part of the Bergen peninsula (population: 644) was transferred to Aasene (except for the far northern tip around Tellevik). On 1 July 1938, the far northern tip of the Bergen peninsula around the villages of Tellevik and Hordvik were transferred from Hamre municipality to Åsane.[5]
The new municipality was small, but over the next several decades, there was major population growth due to the growing city ofBergen, located to the southwest, over the mountains. On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Åsane (population: 19,205) was merged into the city of Bergen (the other neighboring municipalities ofArna,Fana, andLaksevåg were also merged with Bergen on the same date).[4][5]
The municipality (originally theparish) is namedAasene after an old name for the area (Old Norse:Ásar orÁsarnir). The name is the plural form ofáss which means "rocky ridge" or "hill". Thus the name (since it was plural) means something like "the hills" or "the ridges". The whole area has been calledAasene for centuries. It likely gained that name since many of the local farms in that area hadáss ("hill") in their names, thus the area was known as "the hills".[6]
Historically, the name of the municipality was spelledAasene. On 3 November 1917, aroyal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality toAasane.[7] On 21 December 1917, aroyal resolution enacted the1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelledAasane with thedigraph "Aa", and after this reform, the name was spelledÅsane, using the letterÅ instead.[8][9]
During its existence, this municipality was governed by amunicipal council ofdirectly elected representatives. Themayor wasindirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[10]
Themayors (Nynorsk:ordførar) of Åsane:[4]
Themunicipal council(Kommunestyre) of Åsane was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four year terms. Theparty breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 16 | |
| Conservative Party(Høgre) | 9 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 4 | |
| Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 1 | |
| Socialist People's Party(Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 9 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 17 | |
| Conservative Party(Høgre) | 10 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 5 | |
| Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
| Socialist People's Party(Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 1 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 8 | |
| Total number of members: | 43 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 12 | |
| Conservative Party(Høgre) | 6 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 5 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 6 | |
| Total number of members: | 29 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 13 | |
| Conservative Party(Høgre) | 4 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 1 | |
| Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 5 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 6 | |
| Total number of members: | 29 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
| Conservative Party(Høgre) | 3 | |
| Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 4 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 5 | |
| Total number of members: | 20 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 7 | |
| Conservative Party(Høgre) | 3 | |
| Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 4 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 6 | |
| Total number of members: | 20 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
| Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 4 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgarlege Felleslister) | 7 | |
| Total number of members: | 20 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 16 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Note: Due to theGerman occupation of Norway duringWorld War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. | ||
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