Bremnes
Bremnes Municipality
Bremnes herad | |
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![]() View of the Slåtterøy Lighthouse | |
![]() Hordaland within Norway | |
![]() Bremnes within Hordaland | |
Coordinates: 59°47′34″N 05°10′20″E / 59.79278°N 5.17222°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Hordaland |
District | Sunnhordland |
Established | 1 July 1916 |
• Preceded by | Finnås in 1916 |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
• Succeeded by | Bømlo in 1963 |
Administrative centre | Svortland |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 125 km2 (48 sq mi) |
Population (1963) | |
• Total | 4,829 |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Demonym | Bremnesing[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1220[2] |
Bremnes is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1916 until 1963 when it was merged into the new municipality of Bømlo which is now part of Vestland county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svortland, where Bremnes Church is located. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) municipality covered the northern and western half of the island of Bømlo as well as the many small, surrounding islets.[3]
History
The municipality of Bremnes was established on 1 July 1916 when the old municipality of Finnås was split into the three new municipalities: Moster (population: 1,316), Bømlo (population: 1,217), and Bremnes (population: 3,411). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, the three municipalities of Moster (population: 1,834), Bømlo (population: 1,463), and Bremnes (population: 4,829) were merged into a new, larger Bømlo Municipality.[4]
Government
Municipal council
The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Bremnes was made up of 23 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 | |
Conservative Party (Høgre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 8 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 6 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høgre) | 3 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 7 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 3 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 6 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) | 3 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 20 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høgre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 5 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 20 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Liberal Party (Venstre) | 8 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 12 | |
Total number of members: | 20 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 5 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 7 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) | 2 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 6 | |
Total number of members: | 20 | |
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |
See also
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Bremnes – Hordaland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
External links
- Bremnes Bygdebøker (local history book) Held at the University of Minnesota Libraries (wilson.lib.umn.edu)