Finnås Municipality
Finnås Municipality
Finnaas Municipality Finnås herred Finnaas herred | |
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| Findaas herred (historic name) | |
A 1720 map showing "Fundas or Bomel I." | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Finnås within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°47′34″N 05°10′20″E / 59.79278°N 5.17222°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 July 1916 |
| • Succeeded by | Bremnes, Moster, and Bømlo municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Finnås |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1914–1916) | B.O. Meling |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 231 km2 (89 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 473.92 m (1,554.9 ft) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 5,944 |
| • Density | 25.7/km2 (66.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1218 |
Finnås is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 231-square-kilometre (89 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1916. The area is now part of the present-day Bømlo Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Mosterhamn.
The Kulleseid Canal is a canal that was built in the 1800s on a small isthmus on the island of Bømlo. It enabled boats to journey between the east and west sides of Bømlo island. Today the channel is surrounded by a small trading center and tourist center, and it is a popular guest harbor.