Manger Municipality
Manger Municipality
Manger herad | |
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View of the village of Manger | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Manger within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°38′29″N 05°02′29″E / 60.64139°N 5.04139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 January 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 January 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Radøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Manger |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1963) | Wilhelm Kartveit |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 33.9 km2 (13.1 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #607 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 216.7 m (711 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,328 |
| • Rank | #561 in Norway |
| • Density | 39.2/km2 (102/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +1.4% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1261 |
Manger is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 33.9-square-kilometre (13.1 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 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 Manger where Manger Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 33.9-square-kilometre (13.1 sq mi) municipality was the 607th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Manger Municipality was the 561st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,328. The municipality's population density was 39.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (102/sq mi) and its population had increased by 1.4% over the previous 10-year period.