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 | |
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Former municipality | |
![]() View of the Voll area (c. 1948) | |
![]() Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
![]() Voll within Møre og Romsdal | |
Coordinates: 62°32′05″N 07°26′33″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Møre og Romsdal |
District | Romsdal |
Established | 1 Jan 1874 |
• Preceded by | Eid og Voll Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Succeeded by | Rauma Municipality |
Administrative centre | Måndalen |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 260 km2 (100 sq mi) |
Population (1964) | |
• Total | 1,163 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Vollsokning[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1537 |
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]
All municipalities in Norway, including Voll, 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 is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.[5]
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:
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 12 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 12 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 2 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 14 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 4 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 12 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 6 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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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. |
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