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37-402: The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Evanger where Evanger Church is located. Evanger Church served the central part of the municipality. Nesheim Church and Eksingedal Church served the northern part of Evanger and Bergsdalen Church served the southern part of the municipality. The municipality was established on 1 January 1885 when the western district of

74-465: A county town , or the place where the central administration of a commune , is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and many African countries), a chef-lieu ( French pronunciation: [ʃɛfljø] , plural form chefs-lieux , literally 'chief place' or 'main place'), is a town or city that is important from an administrative perspective. The capital of an Algerian province

111-400: A département is known as the préfecture . This is the town or city where the prefect of the department (and all services under their control) are situated, in a building known as the prefecture . In every French region , one of the departments has pre-eminence over the others, and the prefect carries the title of Prefect of region X..., Prefect of Department Z... and the city where

148-500: A préfecture is the capital city of a department , and by metonymy also designates the office and residence of the prefect. As there are 101 departments in France, there are 101 prefectures. A préfecture de région is the capital city of an administrative region . This is the city where the prefect - the appointed government representative - resides. In English, "prefecture" is used as the translation for todōfuken ( 都道府県 ) , which are

185-642: A "High Council of Collectivites" seated at the nation's capital. Smaller sub-divisions in Mali's Communes (Villages, Tribal councils, Quarters) are administered from or identified as a Place / Site ( Site in French), so the chef-lieu is literally the Chief-Place even at the lowest level. In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , the administrative centres are known as "chief towns" or nahias . Nahias may be in charge of

222-511: A central city as chef-lieu of delegation . In the United Kingdom it is the centre of a local authority , which is distinct from a historic county with a county town. Prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin praefectura ) is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect . This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or

259-574: A government subdivision include Senegal , Burkina Faso , Benin , Mali , and Niger . Taking Niger and Mali as examples, the administrative subdivisions down to the Commune level each have a formal place of administrative headquarters, titled the chef-lieu. The larger portion of the terminology of administrative division is inherited from colonial rule as part of French West Africa , and has survived and been somewhat modified over time. In both nations there have been remarkably parallel histories. With

296-594: A prefect. That term occurs also in otherwise styled offices, such as the head of a congregation or department of the Roman Curia . Various ecclesiastical areas, too small for a diocese , are termed prefects. In Brazil , the prefecture ( prefeitura or prefeitura municipal in Portuguese ) is the executive branch of the government of each Brazilian municipality ( município in Portuguese). The term also refers to

333-402: A sub-district ( qda ), a district ( liwa ), or a governorate ( muhafazah ). Luxembourg is divided into two judicial arrondissements (Luxembourg City, Diekirch), four electoral circonscriptions (constituencies), twelve cantons , as well as 100 communes (municipalities; Luxembourgish: Gemengen ). Arrondissements, districts and cantons have each a chef-lieu and are named after it. The same

370-534: A subdivision in certain international church structures. In antiquity , it was the name of a type of Roman district. In the 21st century, the term prefecture is used for the modern first-level subdivisions of the Central African Republic , Japan , and Morocco . Prefecture originally refers to a self-governing body or area in the Roman Empire since the tetrarchy , when Emperor Diocletian divided

407-409: A vote of the municipal council. The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Evanger was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: The mayors ( Nynorsk : ordførar ) of Evanger: Administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or

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444-506: Is a term commonly ascribed to the settlement that serves as a municipal administrative centre. This level handles the local administrative and political tasks of the surrounding settlements. Since central place theory was the guiding principle during the municipal reform 1962–1977, most municipalities were dominated by a larger urban area where the political seat was located. Most municipalities are named for their central locality, but there are several exceptions. There are many deviations from

481-487: Is an administrative division found in the second level of the administrative hierarchy. In addition to prefectures, this level also includes autonomous prefectures, leagues , and prefecture-level cities . The prefecture level comes under the province level , and in turn oversees the county level . In Italy a prefettura is the office of a prefetto , the representative of the Government in each province . In France,

518-539: Is called a chef-lieu . The capital of a district , the next largest division, is also called a chef-lieu , whilst the capital of the lowest division, the municipalities , is called agglomération de chef-lieu (chef-lieu agglomeration ) and is abbreviated as A.C.L. The chef-lieu in Belgium is the administrative centre of each of the ten provinces of Belgium . Three of these cities also give their name to their province ( Antwerp , Liège and Namur ). The chef-lieu of

555-401: Is the plural form of vangr which means " field " or " meadow ". The name probably means something like "a place where one lets horses graze while on a journey". Historically, the name was spelled Ævanger until the early 20th century. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by

592-620: Is true for each commune which is composed of more than one town or village. Usually (with a few exceptions), the commune is named after the communal chef-lieu. In Russia , several million-plus cities in federal districts have the official status of an administrative centre: Moscow (as the main city of the Central Federal District ), Vladivostok , Volgograd , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Novosibirsk , Pyatigorsk , Rostov-on-Don and St. Petersburg . The main cities of regions and municipal districts are also called unofficially

629-496: The Stockholm metropolitan area . The term central locality has no legal standing and it is unclear how it should be applied to these municipalities. Some municipalities appointing one or several localities to be the central locality. A residence city (Swedish: "residensstad") is the town or city which is the political and administrative seat of the county . This level handles the more regional political and administrative tasks of

666-502: The Västra Götaland Region . The term chef-lieu is applied to the capital of each Swiss canton . In 16 of the 26 cantons, the territory is subdivided into districts. Every district also has a location nominated as chef-lieu and each has a prefect. The term chef-lieu is used to designate the capital of each gouvernorat (department). Each of the 24 gouvernorats is subdivided into delegations (districts) which each have

703-536: The sub-prefecture . The arrondissement where the département prefecture is located does not normally have a sub-prefect or sub-prefecture, the administration being devolved usually to the Secretary-general of the departmental prefecture , who functions as sub-prefect for the arrondissement. The chef-lieu of a canton is usually the biggest city or town within the canton, but has only a nominal role. No specific services are controlled by it. In past decades, there

740-435: The 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces . They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco . Each prefecture and province are subdivided in their turn into districts ( cercles , sing. cercle ), municipalities ( communes , sing. commune ) or urban municipalities ( communes urbaines , sing. commune urbaine ), and arrondissements in some metropolitan areas. Traditionally,

777-527: The Empire into four districts (each further divided into dioceses ), grouped under a Vicarius (a number of Roman provinces , listed under that article). Diocletian also maintained two pretorian prefectures as an administrative level above the dioceses (a few of which were split). As Catholic canon law is strongly inspired by Roman law, it is not surprising that the Catholic Church has several offices under

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814-430: The administrative centre or simply the centre. The only exception to this rule is the republics , for which the term " capital " is used to refer to the seat of government. The capital of Russia is also an entity to which the term "administrative centre" does not apply. In Sweden there are two levels of administrative centre; the local municipal and the regional county . Central locality ( Swedish : "centralort")

851-450: The central locality principle. Some municipalities are dominated by two or more towns of similar size, and sometimes they share the municipal administration, with the municipality having its official address in one of the towns. For example, both Skillingaryd and Vaggeryd are central localities of Vaggeryd Municipality . Conversely, there are municipalities within metropolitan areas . For example, there are twenty-six municipalities within

888-497: The county, such as healthcare and public transport . The name comes from that this is the town or city where the governor ( Swedish : "landshövding") have their residence . There are some exceptions to this, however. In the newer amalgamated "greater counties", often referred to as "regions", the administrative centre is placed in one of the older residence cities . Examples of this is Malmö in Region Scania and Gothenburg in

925-485: The decentralization process begun in both nations in the 1990s, the chef-lieu has transitioned from the location of the Governor, Commandant, or Prefect and their staff, to the location of Commune, Cercles of Mali / Departments of Niger , and Regional Councils and a variety of decentralized bodies. The chefs-lieux of a Region, Cercle or Département, is usually also a Communal chef-lieu. Both nations collect these councils in

962-551: The increase of the number of "xian" and the decrease of their sizes over time in the Chinese history. In the context of Chinese history during or after the Tang dynasty , the word "prefecture" is used to translate zhou (Wade–Giles chou ( 州 ), another ancient unit of administration in China, equivalent to the modern province . In modern-day China , the prefecture ( 地区 ; pinyin : dìqū )

999-490: The large municipality of Voss (population: 2,045) was separated from Voss to become the new municipality of Evanger. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Evanger was dissolved. The Bergsdalen and Eksingedalen valleys (population: 251) were merged with parts of the municipalities of Bruvik and Modalen to create

1036-447: The lowest level administrative division in Korea and can be translated into "Petty Prefecture" in the modern sense. It was below Gun ( 군 , 郡 ; "county") in the administrative hierarchy. Dohobu ( 도호부 ; 都護府 ) was a higher level administrative division and can be translated into "Protectorate General", "Greater Prefecture", "Metropolitan Prefecture", or "Martial Prefecture" in

1073-449: The main subdivisions of Japan. They consist of 43 prefectures (県 ken) proper, two urban prefectures (府 fu, Osaka and Kyoto), one "circuit" or "territory" (道 dō, Hokkaido) and one "metropolis" (都 to, Tokyo). Before the end of World War II, the word was also used for overseas areas 庁 (chō)、州 (shu) and 道 (dō, in Korea). Until 1894 Hyeon ( Korean :  현 ; Hanja :  縣 ) was

1110-646: The modern sense. The capital, Hanyang ( Seoul ), can sometimes be translated as "Hanseong Prefecture". In 1895, Hyeon and Dohobu divisions were abolished. From 1910 to 1949, the term "prefecture" was used to translate Bu ( 부 ; 府 ). Since 1949 neither Hyeon nor Bu have been used, and there has been no division in either the South Korean or North Korean administrative system which translates as "prefecture". Mongolian prefectures ( Aimags ) were adopted during Qing dynasty's rule . Today these are usually translated as "provinces". In Morocco ,

1147-525: The name of the town. For the towns of the mainland, the chef-lieu has the same name as the town. Nouméa is a town composed only of Nouméa. Many of the West African states which gained independence from France in the mid-20th century also inherited the French administrative structure of Departments and Communes, headed by a Chief-Lieu . States still using Chief-Lieu to identify the administrative headquarters of

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1184-409: The new Vaksdal Municipality . The rest of Evanger, with 1,075 inhabitants, was merged into the neighboring Voss Municipality . The municipality (originally the parish ) is named after the old Evanger farm ( Old Norse : Ævangir ) since the first Evanger Church was built there. The first element comes from the word æja which means "to rest and eat" or "to rest and feed". The last element

1221-400: The office of the mayor ( prefeito in Portuguese). The Central African Republic is divided into twenty prefectures . From 1836 until 2011, modern Greece was divided into nomoi ( Greek : νομοί , singular νομός , nomos ) which formed the country's main administrative units. These are most commonly translated into English as "prefectures" or "counties". Each nomos

1258-401: The prefectures as separate administrative units, and transformed them into regional units within the country's thirteen administrative regions . When used in the context of Chinese history , especially China before the Tang dynasty , the word "prefecture" is used to translate xian ( 縣 ). This unit of administration is translated as "county" when used in a contemporary context, because of

1295-416: The regional prefect is found is known as chef-lieu of the region or, more commonly, Regional prefecture . The services are, however, controlled by the prefecture of the department. The chef-lieu of an arrondissement , commonly known as the sous-préfecture is the city or town where the sub-prefect of the arrondissement (and the services directly under their control) are situated, in a building called

1332-487: Was always a Gendarmerie , a treasurer and a justice of the peace. The chef-lieu indicates the principal city of the provinces of New Caledonia. So Nouméa is the chef-lieu of South Province. But the chef-lieu can also mean the principal area within a town. So Wé is part of the town of Lifou , but is the chef-lieu of Lifou. In the Loyalty Islands and the other islands, the name of the chef-lieu differs from that of

1369-529: Was headed by a prefect ( νομάρχης , nomarches ), who was a ministerial appointee until ca. 1990, but was then elected by direct popular vote in a process of decentralization that saw the prefectures become local government units. Municipal elections in Greece are held every four years and voting for the election of prefects and mayors was carried out concurrently but with separate ballots. The 2010 Kallikratis plan , which took effect on 1 January 2011, abolished

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