Herad

Herad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality encompassed the area northeast of the lake Framvaren inside the present-day municipality of Farsund in what is now Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sande where the Herad Church is located.[2]

Herad herred
Former municipality
Vest-Agder within
Norway
Herad within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°09′22″N 06°47′43″E
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Established1 Jan 1838
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
Administrative centreSande
Area
 • Total85 km2 (33 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1965)
 • Total359
 • Density4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Heradssokning[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1039
Created asFormannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Succeeded byFarsund in 1965
Data from Statistics Norway

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named Herred (Old Norse: Herað) which means "village" or "hamlet". The spelling of the name was changed to Herad during the late 19th century as part of Norwegian spelling reforms.[3][2]

History

The parish of Herred was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 17 October 1893, the southern district of Herad was separated to create the new municipality of Spind. The split left Herad with 1,019 inhabitants. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, Herad (population: 359) was merged with the municipalities of Spind (population: 606), Lista (population: 4,544), and the town of Farsund (population: 2,208) to form the new, larger municipality of Farsund.[4]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Herad, 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.[5]

Municipal council

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

Herad Herredsstyre 1964 [6]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Herad Herredsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Herad Herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Herad Herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Herad Herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)1
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)7
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)4
Total number of members:12
Herad Herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)10
Total number of members:12
Herad Herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)3
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)6
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)3
Total number of members:12

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Herad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 206.
  4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Hansen, Tore, ed. (12 May 2016). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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