Imsland

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Imsland Municipality
Imsland herred
Former municipality
Imsland kirke.JPG
View of the local church
Norway Counties Rogaland Position.svg
Rogaland within Norway
NO 1156 Imsland.svg
Imsland within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°28′44″N05°59′25″E / 59.47889°N 5.99028°E / 59.47889; 5.99028
Country Norway
County Rogaland
District Ryfylke
Established1 Jan 1923
 • Preceded by Vikedal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded by Vindafjord and Suldal municipalities
Administrative centre Imslandsjøen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total90 km2 (30 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total433
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1156 [1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Imsland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 90-square-kilometre (35 sq mi) municipality existed from 1923 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality included the area surrounding the inner part of the Vindafjorden in the present-day municipalities of Suldal and Vindafjord. The administrative centre of Imsland was the village of Imslandsjøen where Imsland Church is located. [2]

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History

The municipality was created on 1 January 1923 when the large municipality of Vikedal was split into three. The southeastern part of Vikedal became the municipality of Imsland. Initially, Imsland had a population of 604. The municipality existed for 42 years before it was dissolved in a merger brought upon by the recommendations of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the part of Imsland located south of the Vindafjorden (population: 61) was merged into the neighboring Suldal municipality. The rest of Imsland (population: 372) was merged with Sandeid and parts of Vikedal, Vats, and Skjold municipalities to form the new municipality of Vindafjord. [3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Imsland farm (Old Norse : Ylmisland) since the first Imsland Church was built there. The first element is the old name for a local river that used to be called Ylma. It is likely that the river name comes from the genitive case of the word olmr which means "fierce" or "angry". The last element is land which means "land" or "district". [4]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. 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. [5]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Imsland was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Imsland herredsstyre 1964–1965 [6]   
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Imsland herredsstyre 1960–1963 [7]   
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Imsland herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]   
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:13
Imsland herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]   
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Imsland herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]   
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Imsland herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]   
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Imsland herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]   
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
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.

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