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Coordinates: 65°40′06″N 12°31′07″E / 65.66833°N 12.51861°E / 65.66833; 12.51861
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This article is about the municipality in Norway. For the place in Ski, Norway, see Langhus.
Vevelstad Municipality
Vevelstad kommune
Municipality
Flag of Vevelstad Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Vevelstad Municipality
Coat of arms
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Vevelstad within Nordland
Vevelstad within Nordland
Coordinates: 65°40′06″N 12°31′07″E / 65.66833°N 12.51861°E / 65.66833; 12.51861
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictHelgeland
Established1 July 1916
Administrative centreForvika
Government
 • Mayor (2016)Kari Anne Bøkestad Andreassen (Samarbeidslista)
Area
 • Total538.90 km2 (208.07 sq mi)
 • Land516.84 km2 (199.55 sq mi)
 • Water22.06 km2 (8.52 sq mi)  4.1%
 • Rank#201 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total506
 • Rank#418 in Norway
 • Density1.0/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +4.3%
Demonymvevelstadværing[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1816[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Vevelstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Forvika.

The 539-square-kilometre (208 sq mi) municipality is the 201st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Vevelstad is the 418th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 506. The municipality's population density is 1 inhabitant per square kilometre (2.6/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.3% over the last decade.[4][5]

General information

View of the Velfjorden, Vevelstad is on the left side of the fjord.

The municipality of Vevelstad was established on 1 July 1916 when it was separated from the municipality of Tjøtta. Initially, the municipality had 1,097 residents. On 1 July 1920, the Giskå farm area (population: 10) was transferred from Tjøtta to Vevelstad. The borders have not changed since that time.[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vevelstad farm (Old Norse: Vifilsstaðir), since the first Vevelstad Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the Norse male name Vifill and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".[7]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 13 November 1991. The arms are blue with three silver V shapes (two over one). The arms are canting, showing the first letter of the name of the municipality, V. The municipality applied for arms in the 1970s, but all the proposals were rejected by either the municipal council or the national archives. Finally, the present arms were adopted and granted in 1991.[8]

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Vevelstad. It is part of the Sør-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

Churches in Vevelstad
Parish (sokn) Church Name Location of the Church Year Built
Vevelstad Vevelstad Church Forvika 1796

Geography

The municipality lies in the middle of Norway, surrounded by mountains and fjords. A lot of the municipality is a part of Lomsdal–Visten National Park. The lake Søre Vistvatnet lies in the southeastern part of the municipality inside the national park. Most of the residents live along the coastline or on the island Hamnøya. The mouth of the Velfjorden lies in the southern part of the municipality.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Vevelstad, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.[9] The municipality falls under the Brønnøy District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Vevelstad is made up of 13 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Vevelstad kommunestyre 2020–2024 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Cooperative List (Samarbeidslisten)8
 Municipal List (Kommunelista)5
Total number of members:13
Vevelstad kommunestyre 2016–2019 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
 Cooperative List (Samarbeidslisten)6
 Municipal List (Kommunelista)4
Total number of members:13
Vevelstad kommunestyre 2012–2015 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
 Cooperative List (Samarbeidslisten)8
 Municipal List (Kommunelista)2
Total number of members:13

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  6. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  7. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 51.
  8. ^ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  9. ^ Hansen, Tore, ed. (2016-05-12). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  10. ^ "Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Nordland". Valg Direktoratet. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  11. ^ "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  12. ^ "Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Nordland". Valg Direktoratet. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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