Gaular Municipality
Gaular Municipality
Gaular kommune | |
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| Indre Holmedal herred (historic name) | |
View of the Brekkefossen waterfall | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
Gaular within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°20′02″N 05°47′20″E / 61.33389°N 5.78889°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Sunnfjord Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sande |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2011–2019) | Mathias Råheim (H) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 581.81 km2 (224.64 sq mi) |
| • Land | 539.56 km2 (208.33 sq mi) |
| • Water | 42.25 km2 (16.31 sq mi) 7.3% |
| • Rank | #191 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,359 m (4,459 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 3,027 |
| • Rank | #263 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +9.8% |
| Demonym | Gaulværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1430 |
Gaular is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 582-square-kilometre (225 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Sunnfjord Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnfjord in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Sande. Other villages in the municipality included Bygstad, Hestad, and Vik. Gaular was sometimes referred to as Fosselandet (the land of the waterfalls) because it was home to 28 large and small waterfalls. The municipality was centered on the river Gaula.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 581.81-square-kilometre (224.64 sq mi) municipality was the 191st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Gaular Municipality was the 263rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,027. The municipality's population density was 5.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population had increased by 9.8% over the previous 10-year period.
In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Gaular be closed.