Fillan is a
former municipality in the old
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...
county,
Norway. The municipality
existed from 1886 until its dissolution in 1964. It is now part of the municipality of
Hitra in
Trøndelag county. The municipality included the northeastern part of the
island of Hitra surrounding the
Fillfjorden, plus about 100
islands,
islets, and
skerries
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—including
Fjellværsøya and
Ulvøya. The
administrative centre
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of the municipality was the village of
Fillan. Other villages in the municipality included
Ansnes,
Nordbotn, and
Ulvan.
The former municipality had a church and a chapel in it, both of which now form a
parish within the present-day municipality of
Hitra. The
Fillan church is located in the village of Fillan and the
Nordbotn chapel is located on the island of
Fjellværsøya.
History
The municipality of Fillan was established on 1 January 1886 when it was separated from the municipality of
Hitra to form a municipality of its own. The initial population of the new municipality was 2,241. On 1 July 1914, the southern district of
Sandstad was separated from Fillan to form its own municipality, leaving 1,543 residents in Fillan and shrinking the municipality from to only .
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Fillan,
Sandstad,
Kvenvær, and
Hitra were merged to re-form the old pre-1886 Hitra municipality. Prior to the merger, Fillan had 1,759 residents.
Government
The
municipal council of Fillan was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
Media gallery
FillanCommunityCentre.JPG, View of the village of Fillan
Fillan.JPG, View of the village of Fillan
Fillan krike.JPG, Fillan Church
Foggy morning Knarrlagsund.jpg, Knarrlagsund village
See also
*
List of former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...
References
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Hitra
Former municipalities of Norway
1886 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway