Hordabø Municipality
Hordabø Municipality
Hordabø herad | |
|---|---|
| Bø herad (historic name) | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Hordabø within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°41′51″N 04°55′40″E / 60.69750°N 4.92778°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 July 1924 |
| • Preceded by | Manger Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Radøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Bøvågen |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 39.5 km2 (15.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #599 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,704 |
| • Rank | #493 in Norway |
| • Density | 43.1/km2 (112/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −8.8% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1260 |
Hordabø is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 39.5-square-kilometre (15.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Alver Municipality in the traditional district of Nordhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Bøvågen, where Hordabø Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 39.5-square-kilometre (15.3 sq mi) municipality was the 599th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Hordabø Municipality was the 493rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,704. The municipality's population density was 43.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (112/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 8.8% over the previous 10-year period.