Moster Municipality
Moster Municipality
Moster herad | |
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Siggjo and Bømla bridge | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Moster within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°41′57″N 05°23′08″E / 59.69917°N 5.38556°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 July 1916 |
| • Preceded by | Finnaas Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Bømlo Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Mosterhamn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1959–1963) | Harald Gjerde |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 65.5 km2 (25.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #577 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 473.92 m (1,554.9 ft) |
| Population (1962) | |
• Total | 1,841 |
| • Rank | #471 in Norway |
| • Density | 28.1/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5.3% |
| Demonym | Mostring |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1218 |
Moster is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 65.5-square-kilometre (25.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1916 until its dissolution in 1963. The area is now part of Bømlo Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Mosterhamn, where the Old Moster Church is located (the oldest surviving stone church in Norway).
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 65.5-square-kilometre (25.3 sq mi) municipality was the 577th largest by area out of the 705 municipalities in Norway. Moster Municipality was the 471st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,841. The municipality's population density was 28.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (73/sq mi) and its population had increased by 5.3% over the previous 10-year period.