Åsnes og Våler

Åsnes og Våler is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1849 until 1854 when it was divided into the present-day municipalities of Åsnes and Våler. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Flisa, where Åsnes Church was located.

Åsnes og Våler herred
Aasnes og Vaaler herred (historic)
Former municipality
Official logo of Åsnes og Våler herred
Hedmark within
Norway
Åsnes og Våler within Hedmark
Åsnes og Våler within Hedmark
Coordinates: 60°38′2.91″N 11°54′42.93″E
CountryNorway
CountyHedmark
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1849
 • Preceded byHof Municipality
Disestablished1854
 • Succeeded byÅsnes and Våler
Administrative centreFlisa
Population
 (1854)
 • Total7,087
DemonymsÅsnessokning
Vålsokning[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0425
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Åsnes og Våler was established in 1849 when the municipality of Hof was divided (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Initially, Åsnes og Våler had a population of 7,087. In 1854, the municipality of Åsnes og Våler was divided to create two new municipalities: Åsnes with a population of 3,677 and Våler with a population of 3,410. Both municipalities still exist.[2]

Name

The municipal name was created in 1849 (and in use until 1854) when the old municipality of Hof was divided. The new name was a combination of two areas that made up the new municipality. The word og, meaning "and", was in between the two names. The name of the municipality was always spelled Aasnes og Vaaler, but due to the 1917 Norwegian language reform law (long after this municipality was dissolved), the spelling was changed in the Norwegian language so that the digraph "aa" was no longer used and instead, the letter å was used. This is why the name is now usually seen written as Åsnes og Våler. The first name comes from the old Åsnes farm (Old Norse: Ásnes) since the first Åsnes Church was built there. The first element is áss which means "mountain ridge". The last element is nes which means "headland". The headland that it is referring to is made by the river Glomma near the Åsnes farm which is located beneath a hill.[3] The second name comes from the old Våler farm (Old Norse: Válir) since the first Våler Church was built there. The first element is the plural form of váll which means "clearing in the woods".[4]

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 285 and 289.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 293 and 298.

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