Granvin Municipality
Granvin Municipality
Granvin herad | |
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| Graven herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Granvin | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Granvin within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°31′37″N 06°43′10″E / 60.52694°N 6.71944°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Hardanger |
| Established | 1 May 1891 |
| • Preceded by | Ulvik Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Voss Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Eide |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2011-2019) | Ingebjørg Winjum (V) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 211.29 km2 (81.58 sq mi) |
| • Land | 203.87 km2 (78.71 sq mi) |
| • Water | 7.42 km2 (2.86 sq mi) 3.5% |
| • Rank | #326 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,576.1 m (5,171 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 937 |
| • Rank | #402 in Norway |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.4% |
| Demonym | Gravensar |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1234 |
Granvin is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 211.29-square-kilometre (81.58 sq mi) municipality existed from 1891 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Voss Municipality in the traditional district of Hardanger in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Eide, which was also known as "Granvin". About half of the residents of the municipality lived in the municipal centre. The rest lived in the rural valley areas surrounding the Granvin Fjord or the lake Granvinsvatnet in the central part of the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 211.29-square-kilometre (81.58 sq mi) municipality was the 326th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Granvin Municipality was the 402nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 937. The municipality's population density was 4.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (11/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 1.4% over the previous 10-year period.