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==Name==
==Name==
The municipality was named after the river [[Drevja (river)|Drevja]] (which flows from the lake [[Drevvatnet]] to the [[Vefsnfjorden]]). The name of the river is derived from the word {{lang|no|drav}} (meaning 'rubbish' or 'waste'), thus the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.<ref name="snl2">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Drevja_-_elv_i_Vefsn|title=Drevja – elv i Vefsn|editor-first=Geir|editor-last=Thorsnæs|accessdate=2018-09-18|date=2017-03-18|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]]|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
The municipality was named after the river [[Drevja (river)|Drevja]] (which flows from the lake [[Drevvatnet]] to the [[Vefsnfjorden]]). The name of the river is derived from the word {{lang|no|drav}} (meaning 'rubbish' or 'waste'), thus the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.<ref name="snl2">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Drevja_-_elv_i_Vefsn|title=Drevja – elv i Vefsn|editor-first=Geir|editor-last=Thorsnæs|accessdate=2018-09-18|date=2017-03-18|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]]|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Government==
All municipalities in Norway, including Drevja, are responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[unemployment]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s. The municipality is governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|elected]] representatives, which [[Indirect election|in turn elects]] a [[mayor]].<ref name="ks">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre|title=kommunestyre|editor-first=Tore|editor-last=Hansen|accessdate=2020-02-02|date=2016-05-12|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Drevja was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The [[Political party|party]] breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
{{div col|colwidth=40em}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1960
|end = 1963
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |date=1960 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|Total = 13
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|Local_Lists = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1956
|end = 1959
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |date=1957 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 13
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|otherparty = Non-socialist common list
|otherparty_no = Borgerlige felleslister
|otherparty_number = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1952
|end = 1955
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |date=1952 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|otherparty = Non-socialist common list
|otherparty_no = Borgerlige felleslister
|otherparty_number = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1948
|end = 1951
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |date=1948 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|Arbeiderpartiet = 6
|NKP = 2
|smallparty = Workers, fishermen, and farmers<br />
|smallparty_no = Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere
|smallparty_number = 1
|Senterpartiet = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1945
|end = 1947
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |date=1947 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|Arbeiderpartiet = 5
|smallparty = Workers, fishermen, and farmers<br />
|smallparty_no = Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere
|smallparty_number = 4
|Local_Lists = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1938
|end = 1941*
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |date=1938 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|otherparty = Non-socialist common list
|otherparty_no = Borgerlige felleslister
|otherparty_number = 4
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|Local_Lists = 1
|}}
{{div col end}}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 02:22, 26 March 2020

Drevja Municipality
Drevja herred
Former municipality
The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen
The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Drevja within Nordland
Drevja within Nordland
Coordinates: 65°58′57″N 13°15′54″E / 65.98250°N 13.26500°E / 65.98250; 13.26500
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictHelgeland
Established1 July 1927
 • Preceded byVefsn in 1927
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byVefsn in 1962
Population
 (1962)
 • Total1,001
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1823[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the Drevja valley, north of the Vefsnfjorden in the northern part of the present-day Vefsn Municipality. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.[2]

History

Drevja Church

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large Vefsn Municipality was divided into three municipalities: Drevja (population: 964) in the north, Grane (population: 1,746) in the south, and Vefsn (population: 3,119) in the center.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Drevja (population: 1,001) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Elsfjord (population: 920) and Vefsn (population: 5,358) and with the town of Mosjøen) to form a new, larger Vefsn Municipality.[3]

Name

The municipality was named after the river Drevja (which flows from the lake Drevvatnet to the Vefsnfjorden). The name of the river is derived from the word drav (meaning 'rubbish' or 'waste'), thus the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.[4]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Drevja, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.[5]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Drevja was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Drevja herredsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:13
Drevja herredsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
 Non-socialist common list (Borgerlige felleslister)6
Total number of members:13
Drevja herredsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
 Non-socialist common list (Borgerlige felleslister)5
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Workers, fishermen, and farmers
(Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere)		 1
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Workers, fishermen, and farmers
(Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere)		 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
 Non-socialist common list (Borgerlige felleslister)4
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

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2014-11-27). "Drevja – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-03-18). "Drevja – elv i Vefsn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  5. ^ Hansen, Tore, ed. (2016-05-12). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  6. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  7. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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