Fjelberg Municipality
Fjelberg Municipality
Fjelberg herred | |
|---|---|
| Fjeldberg herred (historic name) | |
Halsnøya island and surroundings | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Fjelberg within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°44′47″N 05°41′45″E / 59.74639°N 5.69583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Kvinnherad Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Fjelberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1955–1964) | Jon Solheim (KrF) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 79.5 km2 (30.7 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #440 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,018 m (3,340 ft) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 2,250 |
| • Rank | #370 in Norway |
| • Density | 28.3/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −0.4% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1213 |
Fjelberg is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 79.5-square-kilometre (30.7 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now part of Kvinnherad Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the small village located on the island of Fjelbergøya where Fjelberg Church is located. Other villages in the municipality included Sæbøvik, Høylandsbygda, and Eidsvik.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 79.5-square-kilometre (30.7 sq mi) municipality was the 440th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Fjelberg Municipality was the 370th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,250. The municipality's population density was 28.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (73/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.