Alversund Municipality
Alversund Municipality
Alversund herad | |
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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 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1885 |
| • Preceded by | Hammer Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Lindås Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Alversund |
| 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 |
| • Density | 35.3/km2 (91/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5.4% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-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.