Meland Municipality
Meland Municipality
Meland kommune | |
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| Mæland herred (historic name) | |
View of the mountain Eldsfjellet in northern Meland | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Meland within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°33′51″N 05°07′07″E / 60.56417°N 5.11861°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 15 Oct 1923 |
| • Preceded by | Alversund Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Alver Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Frekhaug |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015–2019) | Øyvind Helland Oddekalv (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 92.58 km2 (35.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 87.53 km2 (33.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi) 5.5% |
| • Rank | #386 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 324.4 m (1,064 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 8,187 |
| • Rank | #136 in Norway |
| • Density | 88.4/km2 (229/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +26.4% |
| Demonym | Melandsbu |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1256 |
Meland is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 92.58-square-kilometre (35.75 sq mi) municipality existed from 1923 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 Frekhaug. Other villages in the municipality included Hjartås, Holme, Io, Krossneset, Meland, and Rossland. The municipality was located about 30 minutes north of the city of Bergen in Western Norway.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 92.58-square-kilometre (35.75 sq mi) municipality was the 386th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Meland Municipality was the 136th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 8,187. The municipality's population density was 88.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (229/sq mi) and its population had increased by 26.4% over the previous 10-year period.