Valberg is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until 1963. The municipality covered the southeastern coast of the island of VestvÃÂ¥gøya in what is now VestvÃÂ¥gøy Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Valberg where Valberg Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the municipality was the 593rd largest by area out of the 705 municipalities in Norway. Valberg Municipality was the 671st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 672. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 9.1% over the previous 10-year period.
The municipality of Valberg was established by a royal resolution on 25 February 1927 after an acrimonious split within the large Borge Municipality. The southern part of Borge became the new Valberg Municipality (population: 625). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Valberg Municipality (population: 662) was merged with the neighboring Borge Municipality (population: 4,056), Buksnes Municipality (population: 4,416), and Hol Municipality (population: 3,154) to create the new VestvÃÂ¥gøy Municipality.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Valberg farm ( or ) since the first Valberg Church was built there. The farm was named after a nearby mountain. The first element is which means "falcon". The last element is which means "mountain".
The Church of Norway had one parish () within Valberg Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Borge prestegjeld and the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-HÃÂ¥logaland.
The municipality was located on the southeastern part of the island of VestvÃÂ¥gøya. Hol Municipality was located to the west, Borge Municipality was to the north, and Gimsøy Municipality and VÃÂ¥gan Municipality were to the east (on the islands of Gimsøya and AustvÃÂ¥gøya). The highest point in Valberg Municipality is the tall mountain Justadtinden, which was located on the border with neighboring Hol Municipality.
While it existed, Valberg Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the HÃÂ¥logaland Court of Appeal.
The municipal council of Valberg Municipality was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.
The mayor () of Valberg Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position: