Vevring

Vevring
—  Former Municipality and village  —
Vevring church
Vevring
Location in Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Sunnfjord
Municipality ID NO-1434
Admin. Center Vevring
Area[1]
 • Total 120 km2 (46.3 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 143
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into Flora, Askvoll, and Naustdal in 1964

Vevring is a village and former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village of Vevring is presently located in western Naustdal municipality with a population (2001) of 143 residents.[2] It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northwest of Helle and also a few kilometers across the Førdefjorden from Kvammen (in Askvoll).

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Name

The municipality was named after the old Vevring farm (Old Norse: Wæfring), since the church is located there. The farm was named after a stream that flowed past it. The name of the stream comes from the Old Norse word vafra which means to "go here and there", which describes the path of the stream.[1][3]

History

Vevring was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved. The district of Steindal (population: 25) was incorporated into Flora municipality and the area south of the Førdefjorden was incorporated into Askvoll. The rest of Vevring, with 439 inhabitants, became a part of Naustdal.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vevring" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/Vevring. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  2. ^ "1433 Naustdal Folke- og bustadteljing 2001" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/fob/kommunehefte/1433/fob_1433_tabeller.pdf. 
  3. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 348. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=196050&avid=43691. 
  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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