Bakke, Norway

Bakke kommune
Former Municipality

Bridge in Bakke
Coordinates: 58°24′40″N 06°39′27″E / 58.41111°N 6.65750°ECoordinates: 58°24′40″N 06°39′27″E / 58.41111°N 6.65750°E
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1045
Adm. Center Sira
Created from Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged with Flekkefjord in 1965

Bakke is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located along the eastern shore of Lundevatn along the Rogaland county border.

History

The church parish of Bakke (population: 2,378 in 1835[1]) was split into three formannskapsdistrikts on 1 January 1838: Vestre Bakke, Østre Bakke, and Gyland. This occurred because the main parish of Bakke contained land in both the counties of Rogaland and Vest-Agder and they had to be divided. Also, the annex parish of Gyland belonged to another municipality. Due to the very low populations of the three municipalities, this arrangement did not last long. In August 1838, the county border was moved westwards to its current position, and Østre Bakke and Vestre Bakke were merged to form the municipality of Bakke. Then about a year later, in November 1839, neighboring Gyland was merged into the municipality of Bakke.

In 1849, the northern district of Sirdal (population: 1,804) was separated from Bakke to become a municipality of its own, leaving 2,597 inhabitants in Bakke. On 31 December 1893, Gyland was also separated from Bakke to form a municipality of its own. This split left Bakke with a population of 1,368. On 1 January 1960, the district Øksendal (population: 226) was transferred from Bakke to Sirdal.

On 1 January 1965, a major municipal merger took place. Bakke (population: 925) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Gyland, Nes, and Hidra and with the town of Flekkefjord to create the new municipality of Flekkefjord.[2]

The name

The parish and the municipality was named after the old farm Bakke (Norse Bakkar). The name is the plural form of bakki 'hillside; riverside'.

References

  1. ↑ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

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