Rovde Municipality
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Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The Script error: No such module "convert". municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Sande Municipality and Vanylven Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The administrative centre was the village of Rovdane. Rovde Church was the main church for the municipality.[1]
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the Script error: No such module "convert". municipality was the 586th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Rovde Municipality was the 610th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,008. The municipality's population density was Script error: No such module "convert". and its population had increased by 9.9% over the previous 10-year period.[2][3]
General information
The municipality of Rovde was established on 1 January 1905 when the old Sande Municipality was divided: the southeastern part (population: 610) became Rovde Municipality and the western part (population: 2,221) remained as a smaller Sande Municipality. The new municipality included the villages of Larsnes and Rovdane.[4]
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Rovde Municipality (was dissolved: the southern district of Rovde Municipality (Rovdestranda—south of the Rovdefjorden), with 436 inhabitants, was merged into the neighboring Vanylven Municipality. The rest of Rovde Municipality, on Gurskøya island, with 562 inhabitants, was reunited with Sande Municipality.[4]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Rovde farm (Template:Langx or Script error: No such module "Lang".) since the first Rovde Church was built there. The last element of the name comes from the word Template:Wikt-lang which means "meadow" or "pasture". The first element of the name is less certain. It could come from Template:Wikt-lang which means "red" or Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "bog iron" or Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "moraine" or "ridge". Another option for the first element is that it comes from the name of a local river, Script error: No such module "Lang".. This name comes from the word Template:Wikt-lang which means "fast",.[1][5]
Churches
The Church of Norway had one parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".) within Rovde Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Sande prestegjeld and the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[3]
| Parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rovde | Rovde Church | Rovdane | 1872 |
Geography
Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area was on the island of Gurskøya and the southern part was on the mainland. The highest point in the municipality was the Script error: No such module "convert". tall mountain Skoratinden.[6] Sande Municipality was located to the northwest, Herøy Municipality was to the northeast, Dalsfjord Municipality was to the southeast, and Syvde Municipality was to the southwest.[1]
Government
Rovde Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[7] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.
Municipal council
The municipal council Script error: No such module "Lang". of Rovde was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.
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| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Local List(s) Script error: No such module "Lang". | 17 | |
| Total number of members: | 17 | |
| Note: On 1 January 1964, Rovde Municipality divided between Sande Municipality and Vanylven Municipality. | ||
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Local List(s) Script error: No such module "Lang". | 17 | |
| Total number of members: | 17 | |
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Local List(s) Script error: No such module "Lang". | 16 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Local List(s) Script error: No such module "Lang". | 16 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders Script error: No such module "Lang". | 1 | |
| Local List(s) Script error: No such module "Lang". | 15 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 1 | |
| Local List(s) Script error: No such module "Lang". | 15 | |
| 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. | ||
Mayors
The mayor (Template:Langx) of Rovde was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[14]
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Poem
J. Nordhagen wrote the following poen about the Rovdestranda area of Rovde Municipality in 1928:Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Rovdestranda, by the poet J. Nordhagen, 1928. English language Norwegian language Sailor go from Stadt to the north
on a brilliant sunny day,
steer with courage from the ocean into the fjord,
how calm becomes the sea.
Then gaze from the bow rightwards
shade your eyes for better to see
the cloudfree mountains under heaven,
and calm under them all lies Rovdestranden.From Søvdsnes to Kleiven along the brave way north
are tended farms, where the people dwell.
Yes, a finer place you can hardly find
than beautiful Rovdestranda.
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See also
References
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