Høle or Høgsfjord is a former municipality in Rogaland county,

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. The large municipality existed from 1865 until 1965. It was called ''Høgsfjord'' from 1865 until 1871 when the municipality was reduced in size and the name was changed to ''Høle''. The municipality originally was quite large, surrounding both sides of the Høgsfjorden and Lysefjorden. Throughout its history, it included large parts of the present-day municipalities of

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and Gjesdal. Since 1965, the area of Høle has been the borough of

Høle Høle is a previous borough and a village in the eastern part of Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, located along the Høgsfjorden. The area was historically a part of the municipality of Høle. Høle Church and Høle School ...

in Sandnes municipality. Høle Church, built in 1860, was the main church of the municipality.

History

The municipality of Høgsfjord was established in 1865 when it was separated from the large municipality of Strand. Initially, there were 3,203 residents. On 1 January 1871 the district Forsand located east of the Høgsfjorden (population: 2,081) was split off from Høgsfjord to form a municipality of its own. The remaining part of Høgsfjord changed its name to Høle and had a population of 1,122. On 1 January 1965, there were many municipal mergers in Norway due to the recommendations of the

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. On that date, the municipality of Høle was dissolved. The southeastern corner of Høle surrounding the farming village of Oltesvik (population: 37) was transferred to the municipality of Gjesdal. The rest of Høle, with 926 inhabitants, was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) was first named ''Høgsfjord'' after the Høgsfjorden. The meaning of the first element is uncertain. The last element comes from the word which means " fjord". In 1871, the municipal name was changed to ''Høle'' after the municipality was divided. This new name comes from the old ''Høle'' farm () since the first Høle Church was built there. The name comes from the old name for the local river. The name is the plural

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of which means "deep place" or "pool in a river".

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment,

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, zoning,

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, and municipal

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s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.

Municipal council

The

of Høle was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hole municipality Sandnes Gjesdal Former municipalities of Norway 1865 establishments in Norway 1965 disestablishments in Norway

History

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