Country Norway County Nordland Municipality ID NO-1863 Area 57 km² | Region Northern Norway District Lofoten Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) Local time Tuesday 2:27 AM | |
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Valberg (formerly Valdberg) is a former municipality on the island of Vestvågøya in Nordland County, Norway. It consisted of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Vestvågøy. The main church for the municipality was Valberg Church.
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Map of 8370 Valberg, Norway
History
The municipality of Valdberg was created by an acrimonious split from the municipality of Borge in 1927. The new municipality initially had 625 residents. On 1 January 1963, Valberg was merged with Borge, Buksnes, and Hol to create the new municipality of Vestvågøy. Before the merger, Valberg had a population of 662.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Valberg farm (Norse Valberg or Valaberg), since Valberg Church was built there. The farm was named after a nearby mountain. The first element is valr which means "falcon" and the last element is berg which means "mountain".