Feda (municipality)

Feda is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 66-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality existed from 1900 until its dissolution in 1963. The administrative centre was the village of Feda where the Feda Church is located. Feda encompassed the far southern tip of the present-day municipality of Kvinesdal in what is now Agder county. It surrounded both sides of the 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) long Fedafjorden and the surrounding valleys.[1]

Feda herred
Former municipality
View of the mouth of the Fedaelva river and the Fedafjorden
Vest-Agder within
Norway
Feda within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°16′00″N 06°49′11″E
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Established1 Jan 1900
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
Administrative centreFeda
Area
 • Total66 km2 (25 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1963)
 • Total576
 • Density8.7/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1038
Preceded byKvinesdal in 1900
Succeeded byKvinesdal in 1963
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Feda was created on 1 January 1900 when the old municipality of Kvinesdal was split into two separate municipalities: Feda (population: 1,090) and Liknes (population: 2,937). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Feda municipality was dissolved and it was merged with Kvinesdal municipality (in 1917 Liknes was renamed Kvinesdal) and Fjotland to create a new, larger municipality of Kvinesdal. Prior to the merger Feda had 576 inhabitants.[2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old "Fede" farm. The name of the farm comes from the name of the river Fedaelva which flows into the Fedafjorden near the farm.[3]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Feda, 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 was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[4]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Feda was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Feda Herredsstyre 1960–1963 [5]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Feda Herredsstyre 1956–1959 [6]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)11
Total number of members:13
Feda Herredsstyre 1952–1955 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)10
Total number of members:12
Feda Herredsstyre 1948–1951 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)1
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)11
Total number of members:12
Feda Herredsstyre 1945–1947 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Feda Herredsstyre 1938–1941* [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)10
Total number of members:12

See also

References
  1. Store norske leksikon. "Feda – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 279.
  4. Hansen, Tore, ed. (12 May 2016). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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