Hosanger Municipality
Hosanger Municipality
Hosanger herad | |
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View of the lake Kossdalsvatnet | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Hosanger within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°34′30″N 05°28′39″E / 60.57500°N 5.47750°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Osterøy Municipality and Lindås Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hosanger |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1959–1963) | Bernhard Bysheim (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 231.8 km2 (89.5 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #343 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 868 m (2,848 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 2,442 |
| • Rank | #373 in Norway |
| • Density | 10.5/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −9.9% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1253 |
Hosanger is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 231.8-square-kilometre (89.5 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Alver Municipality and Osterøy Municipality in the traditional district of Nordhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Hosanger on the island of Osterøy, where Hosanger Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 231.8-square-kilometre (89.5 sq mi) municipality was the 343rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Hosanger Municipality was the 373rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,442. The municipality's population density was 10.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 9.9% over the previous 10-year period.