Kinsarvik Municipality
Kinsarvik Municipality
Kinsarvik herad | |
|---|---|
| Kinservik herred (historic name) | |
View of Kinsarvik | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Kinsarvik within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°22′28″N 06°43′12″E / 60.37444°N 6.72000°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Hardanger |
| Established | 1 Jan 1913 |
| • Preceded by | Ullensvang Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Ullensvang Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Kinsarvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1961–1963) | Jakob D. Hus |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 392.5 km2 (151.5 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #232 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,648 m (5,407 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,585 |
| • Rank | #526 in Norway |
| • Density | 4/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −3.5% |
| Demonym | Kinserviking |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1231 |
Kinsarvik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 392.5-square-kilometre (151.5 sq mi) municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Ullensvang Municipality in the traditional district of Hardanger in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Kinsarvik.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 392.5-square-kilometre (151.5 sq mi) municipality was the 232nd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Kinsarvik Municipality was the 526th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,585. The municipality's population density was 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period.