Hafslo Municipality
Hafslo Municipality
Hafslo herad | |
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View of Hafslo | |
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
Hafslo within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°18′39″N 07°11′08″E / 61.31083°N 7.18556°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sogn |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Luster Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hafslo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1961–1963) | Hans H. Sjøtun |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 604.99 km2 (233.59 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #164 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,957 m (6,421 ft) |
| Population (1962) | |
• Total | 2,417 |
| • Rank | #383 in Norway |
| • Density | 4/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −10.7% |
| Demonym | Hafslobygding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1425 |
Hafslo is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 605-square-kilometre (234 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. The area is now part of Luster Municipality in the traditional district of Sogn in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Hafslo. Other villages in the municipality included Kinsedalen, Ornes, and Kroken (on the south side of the fjord and the villages of Solvorn, Joranger, and Veitastrond on the north side of the Lustrafjorden.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 604.99-square-kilometre (233.59 sq mi) municipality was the 164th largest by area out of the 705 municipalities in Norway. Hafslo Municipality was the 383rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,417. The municipality's population density was 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 10.7% over the previous 10-year period.