Drevja


Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the Drevja valley, north of the Vefsnfjorden in the northern part of the present-day Vefsn Municipality. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.

History

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large Vefsn Municipality was divided into three municipalities: Drevja in the north, Grane in the south, and Vefsn in the center.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Drevja was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Elsfjord and Vefsn to form a new, larger Vefsn Municipality.

Name

The municipality was named after the river Drevja. The name of the river is derived from the word drav, thus the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Drevja, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.

Municipal council

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