Odda Municipality
Odda Municipality
Odda kommune | |
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View of the town of Odda | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Odda within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°04′00″N 06°32′46″E / 60.06667°N 6.54611°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Hardanger |
| Established | 1 July 1913 |
| • Preceded by | Ullensvang Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Ullensvang Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Odda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015–2019) | Roald Aga Haug (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,615.89 km2 (623.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,475.43 km2 (569.67 sq mi) |
| • Water | 140.46 km2 (54.23 sq mi) 8.7% |
| • Rank | #42 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,721.2 m (5,647 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 6,745 |
| • Rank | #157 in Norway |
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −4.4% |
| Demonym | Odding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1228 |
Odda (ⓘ) is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 1,615.89-square-kilometre (623.90 sq mi) municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Ullensvang Municipality in the traditional district of Hardanger in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the town of Odda, which was also the main commercial and economic centre of the entire Hardanger region. Other villages in the municipality included Botnen, Eitrheim, Håra, Røldal, Seljestad, Skare, and Tyssedal.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 1,615.89-square-kilometre (623.90 sq mi) municipality was the 42nd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Odda Municipality was the 157th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 6,745. The municipality's population density was 4.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (11/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 4.4% over the previous 10-year period.
It was located in southeastern Hordaland county, surrounding the southern end of the Sørfjorden. In 1927, Erling Johnson, working at Odda Smelteverk, invented a process to produce three-component, NPK fertilizers. This process is now known as the Odda process.