Lindås Municipality
Lindås Municipality
Lindås kommune | |
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| Lindaas herred (historic name) | |
View of Veland along the Hindnesfjorden | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Lindås within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°37′29″N 05°19′42″E / 60.62472°N 5.32833°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Alver Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Knarvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007–2019) | Astrid Aarhus Byrknes (KrF) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 474.99 km2 (183.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 456.14 km2 (176.12 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.85 km2 (7.28 sq mi) 4% |
| • Rank | #213 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 957 m (3,140 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 15,812 |
| • Rank | #75 in Norway |
| • Density | 33.3/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +12.7% |
| Demonym | Lindåsing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1263 |
Lindås is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 475-square-kilometre (183 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Alver Municipality in the traditional district of Nordhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Knarvik. Other villages in the municipality included Alversund, Isdalstø, Lindås, Ostereidet, and Seim. The Mongstad industrial area in the extreme northern part of Lindås Municipality had one of the largest oil refineries and largest seaports in Norway. The oil refinery at Mongstad was by far the largest employer in the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 474.99-square-kilometre (183.39 sq mi) municipality was the 213th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Lindås Municipality was the 75th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 15,812. The municipality's population density was 33.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (86/sq mi) and its population had increased by 12.7% over the previous 10-year period.