Ålen

Ålen

Ålen

Former municipality in Norway

This article is about the former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. For the village in Holtålen, Norway, see Renbygda.

Ålen is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 718-square-kilometre (277 sq mi) former municipality existed from 1855 until 1972. It encompassed the southeastern half of what is now the municipality of Holtålen in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Renbygda (also known as Ålen) where Ålen Church is located.[3]

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History

Ålen Church

The parish of Ålen (historically spelled Aalen) was established as a civil municipality in 1855 when it was split off from the municipality of Holtaalen. Initially, Ålen had a population of 1,487. (The now smaller Holtaalen municipality later changed its name to Haltdalen in 1937.) In 1875, an uninhabited part of Ålen was moved to the neighboring municipality of Røros. On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Ålen was merged with the neighboring municipality of Haltdalen to make a new municipality called Holtålen, bringing back to use a name from an earlier municipality. Prior to the merger Ålen municipality had a population of 1,944.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Ålen, after an old name for the area. The name is the definite singular form of the Old Norse word áll which means "eel". This name likely refers to the winding valley in which the main village centre is located.[3][5] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Aalen with the digraph "Aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Ålen, using the letter Å instead.[6][7]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[8]

Mayors

The mayors of Ålen:[9][10]

  • 1855–1863: Carl Aas
  • 1864–1897: Jon Jørgensen Reitan (V)
  • 1898–1901: Eilif Hofstad (V)
  • 1902–1904: Anders Jonsen Reitan (V)
  • 1905–1907: Peder P. Lien (V)
  • 1908–1916: Svend Larsen Skaardal (Ap)
  • 1917–1931: Lars Henriksen Kirkbak (Ap)
  • 1932–1945: Ole Kristoffersen Sundt (Ap/NS)
  • 1945–1945: Halfdan Bendz (LL)
  • 1946–1963: Lars Rønning (Ap)
  • 1964–1971: Olav Myran (Ap)

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Ålen was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

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See also

References

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