Valberg Municipality
Valberg herred | |
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 View of Valberg Church | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Lofoten |
| Municipality ID | NO-1863 |
| Area | |
• Total | 57 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Created from | Borge in 1927 |
| Merged into | Vestvågøy in 1963 |
Valberg (formerly Valdberg) is a former municipality on the island of Vestvågøya in Nordland County, Norway. It consisted of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Vestvågøy. The main church for the municipality was Valberg Church.[1]
History
The municipality of Valdberg was created by an acrimonious split from the municipality of Borge in 1927. The new municipality initially had 625 residents. On 1 January 1963, Valberg was merged with Borge, Buksnes, and Hol to create the new municipality of Vestvågøy. Before the merger, Valberg had a population of 662.[2]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Valberg farm (Norse Valberg or Valaberg), since Valberg Church was built there. The farm was named after a nearby mountain. The first element is valr which means "falcon" and the last element is berg which means "mountain".[3]
References
- ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Valberg. – kommune" (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. 328.
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