Årstad Municipality
Årstad Municipality
Aarstad Municipality Årstad herred Aarstad herred | |
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Panorama of Årstad from the mountain Fløyen | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Årstad within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°22′35″N 05°21′41″E / 60.37639°N 5.36139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 July 1915 |
| • Succeeded by | Bergen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Kronstad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1906–1915) | Gerdt Meyer Bruun |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 21.37 km2 (8.25 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 657 m (2,156 ft) |
| Population (1915) | |
• Total | 7,463 |
| • Density | 349.2/km2 (904.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1280 |
Årstad or Aarstad is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 21.37-square-kilometre (8.25 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1915. The area is now part of Bergen Municipality in the traditional district of Midhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Kronstad. The area of the old municipality somewhat corresponds to the present-day borough of Årstad, just south of the city centre of Bergen. The municipality is named after the medieval farm Alrekstad, located on this site.