Hornindal

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Hornindal coat of arms

Hornindal is a former Norwegian municipality that became part of the municipality of Volda on January 1, 2020 as part of the municipality reform in Norway . The former municipality is now in the province of Møre og Romsdal , Hornindal itself, however, belonged to the former province of Sogn og Fjordane .

geography

Hornindal bordered the municipalities of Volda and Ørsta to the north, Stranda to the east, Stryn to the south and Eid to the west . 1152 inhabitants lived on an area of ​​192 km² (as of January 1, 2019). The commune number was 1444. With 1527.3  moh. the Hornindalsrokken was the highest point in Hornindal.

The deepest lake in Europe, the Hornindalsvatnet, is located in the former municipal area . On its east side is the place Grodås , which formed the administrative center and in which about half of the municipality's inhabitants lived. The European route 39, which connects the cities of Kristiansand and Trondheim , runs through Grodås . To the north at Fylkesvei 60 in the direction of Hellesylt is the Horndøla Bridge , at the northeast end of which is the marriage and maiden stone .

Economic production in Hornindal is dominated by the wood and furniture industry. Agriculture is largely limited to animal husbandry.

history

Hornindal was an independent municipality from 1867 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 2019. In 1867 it was created when the Eid municipality was split into two parishes. In 1964 Hornindal was dissolved and part of it was incorporated back into Eid, another part into the Stryn commune . Thirteen years later, in 1977 the part that was incorporated into Stryn was again an independent municipality called Hornindal.

Hornindal has belonged to the province of Sogn og Fjordane , which became part of the newly created province of Vestland on January 1, 2020 . However, the former municipality of Hornindal is now not part of the Vestland province, as Hornindal was merged with the neighboring municipality of Volda on January 1, 2020, into their province of Møre og Romsdal . Both municipalities spoke in advance that they should be merged.

Municipal coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms, which was official from 1987 onwards, showed three silver scythe leaves on a blue background. It was supposed to represent the agriculture and blacksmithing trade of Hornindal.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Hornindal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. January 3, 2020, accessed February 23, 2020 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Høyeste fjelltopp i hver commune. September 1, 2015, accessed on February 23, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  3. ↑ 1905 - Hornindal commune. Retrieved February 23, 2020 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Intensjonsavtale: Samanslåing av Hornindal og Volda Kommunar. June 20, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2020 (Nynorsk in Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes: Hornindal forlet Sogn and Fjordane, and sa ja to Volda. NRK, June 30, 2016, accessed February 23, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).

Coordinates: 61 ° 59 ′ 55 ″  N , 6 ° 35 ′ 3 ″  E