Laksevåg Municipality
Laksevåg Municipality
Laksevåg kommune | |
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| Laksevaag herred (historic name) | |
View from Lyderhorn | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Laksevåg within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°22′07″N 05°13′33″E / 60.36861°N 5.22583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 July 1918 |
| • Preceded by | Askøy Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1972 |
| • Succeeded by | Bergen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Loddefjord |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1964–1971) | Ingvald Iversen |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 31.8 km2 (12.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #427 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
| Population (1971) | |
• Total | 23,350 |
| • Rank | #27 in Norway |
| • Density | 734.3/km2 (1,902/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +28.7% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1248 |
Laksevåg is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 31.8-square-kilometre (12.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1972. The area is now part of Bergen Municipality in the traditional district of Midhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Loddefjord. The municipality was a located a short distance west of the city of Bergen, and today it makes up the borough of Laksevåg.
Prior to its dissolution in 1972, the 31.8-square-kilometre (12.3 sq mi) municipality was the 427th largest by area out of the 449 municipalities in Norway. Laksevåg Municipality was the 27th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 23,350. The municipality's population density was 734.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,902/sq mi) and its population had increased by 28.7% over the previous 10-year period.