Håland, Norway

Håland (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhòːlɑn])[1] is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It was part of the traditional district of Jæren, just west of the city of Stavanger. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1930 when it was split into the two municipalities of Sola and Madla. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality included the land surrounding the Hafrsfjorden including all of the present-day municipality of Sola and the borough of Madla in the city of Stavanger.[2]

This article is about the former municipality in Norway. For people with the surname Håland, see Håland (surname).
Håland herred
Haaland herred (historic)
Former municipality
Official logo of Håland herred
Rogaland within
Norway
Håland within Rogaland
Håland within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°51′22″N 05°34′30″E
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictJæren
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1930
 • Succeeded bySola and Madla municipalities
Administrative centreSolakrossen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population
 (1930)
 • Total4,463
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1124
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The historic parish of Haaland (later spelled Håland) included churches located in Sola, Tananger, Tjora, and Madla. On 1 January 1838, the parish of Haaland was established as a municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Håland municipality existed until 1930, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Madla (population: 1,091) and Sola (population: 3,372). Later, Madla was merged with the city of Stavanger and it now makes up the borough of Madla.[3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Haaland farm (Old Norse: Háland or Hávaland). The first element comes from the word hár which means "high" or "tall". The last element is land which means "land" or "district". Prior to the 1917 Norwegian language reform law, the name was spelled with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the letter å was used instead.[4]

See also

References
  1. Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 144. ISBN 9788257300890.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Håland" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1915). Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 188 and 7.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.