Borge, Nordland
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View of Borge Church
View of Borge Church
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Location in Nordland | |
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Country | Norway |
Region | Northern Norway |
County | Nordland |
District | Lofoten |
Municipality ID | NO-1862 |
Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
Merged into | Vestvågøy in 1963 |
Borge is a parish and former municipality on the island of Vestvågøya in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Vestvågøy. The main church for the municipality is Borge Church in the village of Bøstad.[1]
History
The parish of Borge was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1927, the southern district of Borge (population: 625) split off to form the new municipality of Valdberg. This left Borge with 4,093 inhabitants. On 1 January 1963, Borge was merged with Buksnes, Hol, and Valberg to create the new municipality of Vestvågøy. Before the merger Borge had a population of 4,056.[2]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Borge farm (Old Norse: Borgar), since the Borge Church was built there. The name is the plural of borg which means "castle" or "hill/plateau suitable for a castle".[3]
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