Country Norway County Sogn og Fjordane Municipality ID NO-1440 | Region Western Norway District Nordfjord Admin. Center Raudeberg | |
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Nord-Vågsøy is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1910 until 1964, and it encompassed the northern part of the island of Vågsøy, as well as a small area on the mainland just east of the island. The area of Nord-Vågsøy now makes up the northern part of the present-day Vågsøy Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Raudeberg where the Nord-Vågsøy Church is located. Other villages in Nord-Vågsøy include Halsør, Vedvik, Refvik, Kvalheim, and Kråkenes.
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Name
The municipality was named Nord-Vågsøy because it encompassed the northern part of Vågsøy island (nord means "northern" in Norwegian). The Old Norse form of the island name was Vágsøy. The first element is the genitive case of vágr which means "bay" and the last element is øy which means "island".
History
Nord-Vågsøy was originally a part of the municipality of Selje (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1910, the western part of Selje was split off from the municipality to create the new municipalities of Nord-Vågsøy and Sør-Vågsøy. Initially, Nord-Vågsøy had a population of 1,111. On 1 July 1921, the Blesrød farm in Nord-Vågsøy (just north of Måløy) was transferred to Sør-Vågsøy. On 1 January 1964, the new Vågsøy Municipality was created by merging Sør-Vågsøy, Nord-Vågsøy, and parts of neighboring Davik and Selje municipalities. Prior to the merger, Nord-Vågsøy had a population of 1,476.
Politically, Nord-Vågsøy was marked by the father and son Karl and Leif Iversen, who served as mayors the last forty years before the merger.