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Leiranger Municipality

Coordinates:67°44′17″N14°48′22″E/ 67.73806°N 14.80611°E/67.73806; 14.80611
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Leiranger Municipality
Leiranger herred
Former municipality
Ledingen herred(historic name)
View of Grøtøy (c. 1910)
View of Grøtøy (c. 1910)
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Leiranger within Nordland
Leiranger within Nordland
Coordinates:67°44′17″N14°48′22″E/ 67.73806°N 14.80611°E/67.73806; 14.80611
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictSalten
Established1 Sept 1900
•Preceded bySteigen Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
•Succeeded bySteigen Municipality
Administrative centreLeines
Area
(upon dissolution)
• Total185.2 km2(71.5 sq mi)
• Rank#393 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
1,045 m (3,428 ft)
Population
(1963)
• Total1,417
• Rank#550 in Norway
• Density7.7/km2(20/sq mi)
• Change(10 years)
Decrease−5%
DemonymLeirangerværing[2]
Official language
[4]
•Norwegian formBokmål[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+02:00(CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1847[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Leirangeris aformer municipalityinNordlandcounty,Norway.The 185-square-kilometre (71 sq mi) municipality existed from 1900 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was encompassed the around theLeinesfjordenand the islands surrounding the mouth of thefjordin what is nowSteigen Municipality.Theadministrative centreof Leiranger was the village ofLeines.The village ofLeinesfjordenlies at the end of the fjord.[6][7]

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 185.2-square-kilometre (71.5 sq mi) municipality was the 393rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Leiranger Municipality was the 550th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,417. The municipality'spopulation densitywas 7.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 5% over the previous 10-year period.[8][9]

General information

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The municipality was established on 1 September 1900 when the southern district ofSteigen Municipalitywas separated to become the new municipality ofLedingen.Initially, the municipality had 1,117 residents. In 1910, the name was changed toLeiranger.uring the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of theSchei Committee.On 1 January 1964, the following areas were merged to form a new, largerSteigen Municipality:[10]

Name

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The municipality was originally namedLedingenafter the old name for the local fjord that is now calledLeinesfjorden(Old Norse:Leiðangrar). The first element isleirwhich means "clay". The last element isangrwhich means "fjord".Thus the name means the" clay fjord ".[11]On 3 July 1909, aroyal resolutionchanged the spelling of the name of the municipality toLeiranger,to give it a modern version of theOld Norsename.[12]

Churches

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View of theLeiranger Church

TheChurch of Norwayhad one parish (sokn) within Leiranger Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Steigenprestegjeldand theNordre Salten prosti(deanery) in theDiocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[9]

Churches in Leiranger
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Leiranger Leiranger Church Leines 1911
Leinesfjord Chapel Leinesfjorden 1912
Sørskot Chapel Sørskot 1953

Geography

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View of the Brennviksanden beach in southern Leiranger Municipality

The municipality included all the area around theLeinesfjorden.To the north wasSteigen Municipality,to the east wasNordfold Municipality,and to the south wasKjerringøy Municipality.The highest point in the municipality was the 1,045-metre (3,428 ft) tall mountain Kråktindan.[1]

Government

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While it existed, Leiranger Municipality was responsible forprimary education(through 10th grade), outpatienthealth services,senior citizenservices,welfareand othersocial services,zoning,economic development,and municipalroadsand utilities. The municipality was governed by amunicipal councilofdirectly electedrepresentatives. Themayorwasindirectly electedby a vote of the municipal council.[13]The municipality was under the jurisdiction of theHålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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Themunicipal council(Herredsstyre)of Leiranger was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by politicalparty.

Leiranger herredsstyre 1960–1963[14]
Party name(in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) 9
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) 5
Local List(s)(Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:17
Note:On 1 January 1964, Leiranger Municipality became part ofSteigen Municipality.
Leiranger herredsstyre 1956–1959[15]
Party name(in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) 9
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) 8
Total number of members:17
Leiranger herredsstyre 1952–1955[16]
Party name(in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) 6
Local List(s)(Lokale lister) 10
Total number of members:16
Leiranger herredsstyre 1948–1951[17]
Party name(in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) 8
Local List(s)(Lokale lister) 8
Total number of members:16
Leiranger herredsstyre 1945–1947[18]
Party name(in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) 10
Local List(s)(Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:16
Leiranger herredsstyre 1938–1941*[19]
Party name(in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) 6
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Local List(s)(Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:16
Note:Due to theGerman occupation of NorwayduringWorld War II,no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abHelland, Amund (1908). "Ledingen herred".XVIII. Nordlands Amt. Fierde del.Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 362.Retrieved6 September2024.
  2. ^"Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn"(in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^"Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m".Norsk Lovtidend(in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^"Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar"(in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023)."Kommunenummer".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian).Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (1 May 2018)."Leiranger".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian).Kunnskapsforlaget.Retrieved15 September2018.
  7. ^Helland, Amund (1908). "Ledingen herred".Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt(in Norwegian). Vol. XVIII. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 358.Retrieved15 September2018.
  8. ^Statistisk sentralbyrå."Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)"(in Norwegian).
  9. ^abStatistisk sentralbyrå(1 January 1951).Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951(PDF).Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
  10. ^Jukvam, Dag (1999)."Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen"(PDF)(in Norwegian).Statistisk sentralbyrå.ISBN9788253746845.
  11. ^Rygh, Oluf(1905).Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt(in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 251.
  12. ^"Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1909. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m".Norsk Lovtidend(in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 304. 1909.
  13. ^Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022)."kommunestyre".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian).Kunnskapsforlaget.Retrieved14 October2022.
  14. ^"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959"(PDF)(in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.Retrieved18 March2020.
  15. ^"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955"(PDF)(in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.Retrieved18 March2020.
  16. ^"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951"(PDF)(in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.Retrieved18 March2020.
  17. ^"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947"(PDF)(in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.Retrieved18 March2020.
  18. ^"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945"(PDF)(in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.Retrieved18 March2020.
  19. ^"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937"(PDF)(in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.Retrieved18 March2020.

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