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Vestre Gausdal is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 959-square-kilometre (370 sq mi) municipality[2] existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now part of Gausdal Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Forset.[3]

Vestre Gausdal herred
Former municipality
View of the Bødalen area in Vestre Gausdal
Oppland within
Norway
Vestre Gausdal within Oppland
Coordinates: 61°12′N 10°09′E
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictGudbrandsdal
Established1879
 • Preceded byGausdal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byGausdal Municipality
Administrative centreForset
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total959 km2 (370 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total2,590
 • Density2.7/km2 (7.0/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Gausdøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0523
Data from Statistics Norway

History


In 1879, the large Gausdal Municipality was divided into two separate municipalities: Vestre Gausdal (population: 2,362) and Østre Gausdal (population: 5,911). Vestre Gausdal Municipality included the larger, more rural parts of the old municipality and Østre Gausdal was much smaller and more densely populated and it was located in the southwestern part of the old municipality. During the 1950s, there was a boundary dispute between the neighboring municipalities of Vestre Gausdal and Sør-Fron. On 27 July 1956, a land court determined the final boundary between the two municipalities and a small part of Vestre Gausdal (population: 7) was transferred to the neighboring Sør-Fron Municipality.[4] During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the two municipalities of Vestre Gausdal (population: 2,590) and Østre Gausdal (population: 3,942) were reunited as Gausdal Municipality.[5]


Name


The municipality was named after the historic church parish of Gausdal (Old Norse: Gausdalr). The first element of the name comes from the local river name, Gausa and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The river name is derived from the verb gjósa which means "stream forcefully". When the large Gausdal Municipality was divided in 1879, the western part was given the prefix Vestre which means "western".[6]


Government


All municipalities in Norway, including Vestre Gausdal, 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.[7]


Municipal council


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

Vestre Gausdal Herredsstyre 1960–1961 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)12
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)7
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
Total number of members:21
Vestre Gausdal Herredsstyre 1956–1959 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)10
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)6
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
Total number of members:21
Vestre Gausdal Herredsstyre 1952–1955 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)15
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)8
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
Total number of members:24
Vestre Gausdal Herredsstyre 1948–1951 [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)15
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)9
Total number of members:24
Vestre Gausdal Herredsstyre 1945–1947 [12]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)15
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)7
 Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and
the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)		2
Total number of members:24
Vestre Gausdal Herredsstyre 1938–1941* [13]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)13
 Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)1
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)8
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)2
Total number of members:24
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. Helland, Amund (1913). "Østre Gausdal herred". V Kristians amt. Tredie del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 399. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (8 February 2022). "Vestre Gausdal (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  4. "Forskrift om grensefastsettelse, Sør-Fron og Vestre Gausdal kommuner, Oppland". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian). 27 July 1956. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  6. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 183.
  7. Hansen, Tore, ed. (26 July 2019). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
  13. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.



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