Bruvik Municipality
Bruvik Municipality
Bruvik herad | |
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Bruvik on Osterøy island, seen from the top of Brøknipa | |
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Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Bruvik within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°28′50″N 05°41′00″E / 60.48056°N 5.68333°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1870 |
| • Preceded by | Haus Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Vaksdal Municipality and Osterøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Bruvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1963) | Jan Hermann Hermansen |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 363.3 km2 (140.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #247 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,115 m (3,658 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 5,709 |
| • Rank | #152 in Norway |
| • Density | 15.7/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1% |
| Demonym | Bruviking |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1251 |
Bruvik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 363-square-kilometre (140 sq mi) municipality existed from 1870 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Osterøy Municipality and Vaksdal Municipality in the traditional district of Nordhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Bruvik, where Bruvik Church is located. Other villages in the municipality included Dale, Dalegarden, Vaksdal, Stanghelle, and Stamneshella.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 363.3-square-kilometre (140.3 sq mi) municipality was the 247th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Bruvik Municipality was the 152nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 5,709. The municipality's population density was 15.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (41/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 1% over the previous 10-year period.