Lavik og Brekke

Lavik og Brekke herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Village of Lavik
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Sogn
Municipality ID NO-1415
Admin. Center Lavik
Created from Lavik and Brekke in 1861
Divided into Lavik and Brekke in 1905

Lavik og Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipalities of Gulen and Høyanger. It was part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of Lavik og Brekke was the village of Lavik.

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Name

The municipality of Lavik og Brekke was named after the two municipalities from which it was formed. Lavik was named after the old Ladvik farm (Old Norse: Lamvíkum), since the church was located there. The first element comes from the Old Norse word hlað which means "pile" or "load". The second element possibly comes from the Old Norse word víkr which means "inlet".[1]

Brekke is named after the old Brekke farm (Old Norse: Brekka) since the church was located there. The name is identical to the old word meaning "slope".[2][3]

History

Lavik og Brekke was established as a municipality in 1861 as a merger between the municipalities of Lavik and Brekke, which were located on the northern and southern shores of the Sognefjord respectively. Before the merger Lavik had 926 inhabitants and Brekke had 898, giving the new municipality a population of 1,824. On 1 January 1875, a part of Klævold with 90 inhabitants was moved to Lavik og Brekke. On 1 January 1905, the municipality was split, leaving Lavik and Brekke as separate municipalities once again. Before the split Lavik og Brekke had a population of 2,164. Both Lavik and Brekke were later incorporated into other municipalities.[4]

References

  1. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 183–184. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=191087&avid=42637. 
  2. ^ Arthur, Ross G. (2002) (PDF). English-Old Norse Dictionary. Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/English-Old_Norse.pdf. 
  3. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 192. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=191363&avid=42691. 
  4. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 

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