Voll, Møre og Romsdal

Voll is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1964. The 260-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality encompassed the Måndalen and Innfjorden valleys west of the Romsdalsfjorden in the west-central part of the present-day Rauma Municipality. The administrative centre of the village was the village of Måndalen which is also where the main Voll Church is located.[2]

Voll herred
Former municipality
View of the Voll area (c. 1948)
View of the Voll area (c. 1948)
Official logo of Voll herred
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Voll within Møre og Romsdal
Voll within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°32′05″N 07°26′33″E
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictRomsdal
Established1 Jan 1874
 • Preceded byEid og Voll Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byRauma Municipality
Administrative centreMåndalen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total260 km2 (100 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,163
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
DemonymVollsokning[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1537
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Voll was established on 1 January 1874 when the old municipality of Eid og Voll was divided into the municipalities of Eid (population: 1,048) and Voll (population: 695). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Voll (population: 1,163) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Eid (population: 381), Grytten (population: 3,683), Hen (population: 1,663), and the southern part of Veøy municipality (population: 1,400) to form the new Rauma Municipality.[3][4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Voll farm (Old Norse: Vǫllr) since the first Voll Church was built there. The name comes from the word vǫllr which means "meadow" or "field".[5]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[6]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Voll was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Voll herredsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Voll herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Voll herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:16
Voll herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:16
Voll herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 10
Total number of members:16
Voll herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 16
Total number of members:16
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (22 February 2017). "Voll – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. "Administrasjonshistorisk Oversyn for Rauma Kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  5. Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 224.
  6. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

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