Stad, Norway

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Stad kommune
Municipality
View of the Selje area and the Stad peninsula
View of the Selje area and the Stad peninsula
Coat of arms of Stad kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Stad kommune
Vestland within
Norway
Stad within Vestland
Stad within Vestland
Coordinates: 61°54′41″N 6°02′14″E / 61.91139°N 6.03722°E / 61.91139; 6.03722Coordinates: 61°54′41″N 6°02′14″E / 61.91139°N 6.03722°E / 61.91139; 6.03722
CountryNorway
CountyVestland
DistrictNordfjord
Established1 Jan 2020
Administrative centreNordfjordeid
Government
 • Mayor (2020)Alfred Bjørlo (V)
Area
 • Total752.78 km2 (290.65 sq mi)
 • Land694.85 km2 (268.28 sq mi)
 • Water57.93 km2 (22.37 sq mi)  7.7%
Area rank152 in Norway
Population
 (2020)
 • Total9,457
 • Rank118 in Norway
 • Density13.6/km2 (35/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
9.1%
Demonym(s)Stadværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4649
Official language formNynorsk[2]
Websitewww.stad.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula.[3] The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nordfjordeid. Other villages in the municipality include Selje, Barmen, Ervik, Flatraket, Hoddevik, , Håvik, Leikanger, Mogrenda, Stårheim, , Kjølsdalen, Heggjabygda, and Lote.

The 753-square-kilometre (291 sq mi) municipality is the 152nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stad is the 118th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,457. The municipality's population density is 13.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (35/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.1% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

General information[]

The municipality of Stad was established on 1 January 2020 when Selje Municipality, Eid Municipality, and the Bryggja area of Vågsøy Municipality were merged to form one large municipality.[3]

Name[]

The municipality is named after the Stad peninsula which is located in the western part of the municipality. The name (Old Norse: staðr) comes from the old word meaning "halt", possibly because the rough waters around the peninsula often caused seafarers here to wait for better weather.[6]

Coat of arms[]

The coat of arms was approved on 15 May 2019. The arms are blue and white and show a two-part design with St. Sunniva on the left and a fjord horse on the right. It is a combination of the old arms of the two municipalities of Selje and Eid which were merged to form Stad.[7] These two figures were chosen because the region is well known for its own race of horses, called the Fjording, that are very common and popular in the area. The Fjording is characterised by its white and black mane.[8] The woman is a depiction of Saint Sunniva, the royal Irish missionary who died as a martyr on the island of Selja while trying to convert he locals to Christianity. Later, the Selje Abbey was built on the spot where she died. She was later named the patron saint of the Norwegian Diocese of Bjørgvin and all of Western Norway.[9]

Churches[]

The Church of Norway has six parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Stad. It is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

Churches in Stad
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Eid Eid Church Nordfjordeid 1849
Heggjabygda Church Heggjabygda 1936
Ervik Ervik Church Ervik 1970
Kjølsdalen Kjølsdalen Church Kjølsdalen 1940
Leikanger Leikanger Church Leikanger 1866
Selje Selje Church Selje 1866
Stårheim Stårheim Church Stårheim 1864

Geography[]

The village of Årvik on the Stad peninsula
The village of Drage on the Stad peninsula
Hundvikfjord seen from Anda
Isefjord, between Eid and Bremanger

Stad Municipality is located in the northwesternmost part of Vestland county, in the Nordfjord region. It includes the Stad peninsula and the islands of Barmøya, Venøya, and Selja. The bay, the North Sea, and the Vanylvsfjorden lie on the western sides of the municipality. The Nordfjorden runs along the south side of the municipality. Hornindalsvatnet, the deepest lake in Europe, is partially located in the municipality.

Stad Municipality is bordered to the southwest by Kinn Municipality, to the north by Vanylven Municipality, Sande Municipality, and Volda Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county). The municipalities of Bremanger and Gloppen lie to the south, across the fjord. Stryn Municipality lies to the east.

Government[]

All municipalities in Norway, including Stad, 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.[10] The municipality falls under the Sogn og Fjordane District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council[]

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Stad is made up of 33 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown for the council is as follows:

Stad Kommunestyre 2020–2023 [11]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)4
 Progress Party (Framstegspartiet)3
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)2
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)9
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)11
Total number of members:33

Notable people[]

Sophus Lie, 1896
  • Sophus Lie (1842 in Nordfjordeid – 1899) a Norwegian mathematician[12]
  • Olav L. Os (1882 in Nordfjordeid – 1953) a politician and silver fox breeder
  • Oliver H. Langeland (1887 in Eid – 1958) a military officer, civil servant and leader of Milorg District 13 in WWII
  • Kolbjørn Varmann (1904 in Eid – 1980) a priest, politician, Minister of Transport and County Governor of Finnmark
  • Sølve Skagen (born 1945 in Eid) a Norwegian film director [13]
  • Åge Starheim (born 1946 in Eid) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Selje, 1983-1989
  • Harald Aabrekk (born 1956 in Nordfjordeid) a Norwegian football coach and a former player
  • Brynjar Rasmussen (born 1977 in Nordfjordeid) a Norwegian jazz musician, plays the clarinet
  • Azar Karadas (born 1981 in Nordfjordeid) a former footballer with over 400 club caps and 10 for Norway
  • Ingrid Thunem (born 1989 in Nordfjordeid) a Paralympic swimmer
See also: Bryggja § Notable_residents

References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ a b Paus, Mari, ed. (2019-09-20). "Stad - kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2020). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2020). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Askheim, Svein, ed. (2019-09-20). "Stad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  7. ^ "Kommunevåpen for Stad kommune klart!" (in Norwegian). Stad kommune. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  8. ^ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  9. ^ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  10. ^ Hansen, Tore, ed. (2016-05-12). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  11. ^ "Tall for hele Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2019" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  12. ^ "Lie, Marius Sophus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 590.
  13. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 20 November 2020
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