Valestrand Municipality Valestrand herad | |
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 View of theValestrand Church | |
 Hordaland within Norway | |
 Valestrand within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates:59°41′58″N05°28′20″E / 59.69944°N 5.47222°E /59.69944; 5.47222 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 January 1868 |
| • Preceded by | Stord Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 January 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Sveio Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Valevåg |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 59 km2 (23 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,227 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Valestrending[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1217[2] |
Valestrand is aformer municipality in the oldHordaland county,Norway. The 59-square-kilometre (23 sq mi) municipality existed from 1868 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located on apeninsula on the southern shore of theBømlafjorden inside the present-day municipality ofSveio. Theadministrative centre of Valestrand was the village ofValevåg. The two churches in Valestrand wereValen Chapel andValestrand Church.[3]
The municipality of Valestrand was established on 15 May 1868 when the southern district of the large municipality ofStord (south of theBømlafjorden) was separated from the rest of Stord to become its own municipality. Initially, Valestrand had a population of 900. On 1 April 1870, theØklandsgrend area (population: 247) of the neighboring municipality ofFinnås was transferred to Valestrand. On 1 January 1964, a major municipal merger took place as a result of theSchei Committee. The municipalities ofSveio (population: 1,697) and Valestrand (population: 1,216) were merged with the western part of the municipality ofVikebygd (population: 471) and a small portion of the northern part of the municipality ofSkjold (population: 24), both located north and west of theÅlfjorden. The new municipality was calledSveio. The small portion from Skjold municipality was inRogaland county, and after the merger it switched toHordaland county.[4]
The municipality (originally theparish) is named after the oldValen farm (Old Norse:Vaðlar) since the firstValestrand Church was built there. The first element is the pluralgenitive case ofvaðill which means "ford" or "shallow water". The last element,strand, was added as a suffix to the farm name. It was derived from the wordstrǫnd which means "shore" or "beach".[5]
During its existence, this municipality was governed by amunicipal council ofdirectly elected representatives. Themayor wasindirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[6]
Themunicipal council(Heradsstyre) of Valestrand was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 2 | |
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 11 | |
| Total number of members: | 13 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 3 | |
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 10 | |
| Total number of members: | 13 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 2 | |
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 10 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeidarpartiet) | 4 | |
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 8 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders(Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) | 3 | |
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 9 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| Party name(in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 12 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| 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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