Borge Municipality (Nordland)
Borge herred | |
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 View of Borge Church | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Lofoten |
| Municipality ID | NO-1862 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
| Merged into | Vestvågøy in 1963 |
Borge is a parish and former municipality on the island of Vestvågøya in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Vestvågøy. The main church for the municipality is Borge Church in the village of Bøstad.[1]
History
The parish of Borge was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1927, the southern district of Borge (population: 625) split off to form the new municipality of Valdberg. This left Borge with 4,093 inhabitants. On 1 January 1963, Borge was merged with Buksnes, Hol, and Valberg to create the new municipality of Vestvågøy. Before the merger Borge had a population of 4,056.[2]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Borge farm (Old Norse: Borgar), since the Borge Church was built there. The name is the plural of borg which means "castle" or "hill/plateau suitable for a castle".[3]
References
- ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Borge – tidl. kommune i Nordland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 324.
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