Alversund Municipality

Alversund Municipality
Alversund herad
Alversundet strait and bridge in the background
Hordaland within Norway
Alversund within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°34′19″N 05°13′59″E / 60.57194°N 5.23306°E / 60.57194; 5.23306
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 Jan 1885
 • Preceded byHammer Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byLindås Municipality
Administrative centreAlversund
Government
 • Mayor (1956 1963)Sverre Fosse
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
59.01 km2 (22.78 sq mi)
 • Rank#580 in Norway
Highest elevation
288 m (945 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
2,081
 • Rank#422 in Norway
 • Density35.3/km2 (91/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 +5.4%
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1257

Alversund is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 59-square-kilometre (23 sq mi) municipality existed from 1885 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Alver Municipality in the traditional district of Nordhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Alversund, where Alversund Church is located.

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 59.1-square-kilometre (22.8 sq mi) municipality was the 580th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Alversund Municipality was the 422nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,081. The municipality's population density was 35.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (91/sq mi) and its population had increased by 5.4% over the previous 10-year period.