Vegusdal
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Vegusdal is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The Script error: No such module "convert". municipality existed from 1877 until its dissolution in 1967. It was located in the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Birkenes in Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Engesland where Vegusdal Church is located. The Norwegian County Road 405 (Fv 405) runs through Vegusdal south to the village of Mosby in Vennesla.[1]
History
The municipality was established on 1 January 1877 when the old municipality of Evje og Vegusdal was divided into Vegusdal (population: 935) in the east and Evje (population: 870) in the west. In 1900, the municipality had 985 inhabitants distributed among 141 farms. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1967, Vegusdal (population: 582) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Birkenes (population: 1,883) and Herefoss (population: 585) to form a new, larger municipality of Birkenes.[2]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vegusdal farm (Template:Langx) since the first Vegusdal Church was built there. The first element is derived from the old male name, Veikolfr. The male name itself was a compound name with the first component Veik- coming from Template:Wikt-lang which means "weak" and the second component -olfr was a variant form of the more common male name Úlfr (also spelled Ulfr, from Old Norse úlfr, Template:Wikt-lang "wolf"; cf. Icelandic Úlfur and Faroese Template:Wikt-lang). The last element of the name is Template:Wikt-lang which means "valley" or "dale". Thus this is the "valley of Weak-Ulfr (or Weak-Wolf)".[3]
Government
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.[4]
Municipal council
The municipal council Script error: No such module "Lang". of Vegusdal was made up of 13 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 Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 4 | |
| Centre Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 7 | |
| Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 13 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 4 | |
| Centre Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 6 | |
| Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 13 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 4 | |
| Farmers' Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 7 | |
| Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 13 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 4 | |
| Farmers' Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 5 | |
| Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 4 | |
| Farmers' Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 6 | |
| Joint list of the Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". and the Radical People's Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 5 | |
| Farmers' Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 5 | |
| Joint list of the Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". and the Radical People's Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 3 | |
| Farmers' Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 6 | |
| Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 12 | |
| 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
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External links
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