Nord-Varanger Municipality

Coordinates: 70°04′49″N 29°43′53″E / 70.08028°N 29.73139°E / 70.08028; 29.73139
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Nord-Varanger Municipality
Nord-Varanger herred
"Vadsø landsogn" (historic)
Former municipality
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Nord-Varanger within Finnmark
Nord-Varanger within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°04′49″N 29°43′53″E / 70.08028°N 29.73139°E / 70.08028; 29.73139
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictØst-Finnmark
Established1 Jan 1894
 • Preceded byVadsø in 1894
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVadsø in 1964
Administrative centreVadsø
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,253 km2 (484 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,587
 • Density1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi)
DemonymVarangværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-2029[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Nord-Varanger is a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. The 1,253-square-kilometre (484 sq mi) municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the present-day Vadsø Municipality on the southern half of the Varanger Peninsula, east of the Jakobselva river, along the Varangerfjorden.[3] The administrative centre of the municipality was in the town of Vadsø.

Name

The name Nord-Varanger refers to the northern coast of the Varangerfjorden, (Old Norse: Ver(j)angr). The first part is ver meaning "fishing village" and the last part is angr which means "fjord". It was first probably used for the narrow fjord on the inside of Angsnes which now is called "Meskfjorden" and leads into Varangerbotn.

See also: Sør-Varanger

History

The kjøpstad (market town) of Vadsø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Because of the low population in the rural area around the town, the municipality originally included the rural area around it. That rural area was known as the Vadsø landsogn. On 1 January 1894, Vadsø landsogn was separated from the town of Vadsø and became the new municipality called Nord-Varanger. Nord-Varanger had an initial population of 1,296. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Nord-Varanger (population: 1,587) was merged with the town of Vadsø once again to create the present-day Vadsø Municipality.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2009-02-09). "Nord-Varanger". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

  • Vadsø travel guide from Wikivoyage
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