Valberg, Nordland

Valberg herred
Former Municipality

View of Valberg Church
Valberg herred

Location in Nordland

Coordinates: 68°11′41″N 13°56′25″E / 68.19472°N 13.94028°E / 68.19472; 13.94028Coordinates: 68°11′41″N 13°56′25″E / 68.19472°N 13.94028°E / 68.19472; 13.94028
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Lofoten
Municipality ID NO-1863
Area[1]
  Total 57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
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

  1. 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Valberg. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 328.
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