Radøy Municipality
Radøy Municipality
Radøy kommune | |
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View of the village of Manger | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Radøy within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°40′09″N 05°02′10″E / 60.66917°N 5.03611°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Preceded by | Hordabø Municipality, Sæbø Municipality, and Manger Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Alver Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Manger |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007-2019) | Jon Askeland (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 111.44 km2 (43.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 106.80 km2 (41.24 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4.64 km2 (1.79 sq mi) 4.2% |
| • Rank | #372 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 216.7 m (711 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 5,091 |
| • Rank | #199 in Norway |
| • Density | 45.7/km2 (118/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5.5% |
| Demonym | Radværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1260 |
Radøy is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 111.44-square-kilometre (43.03 sq mi) municipality existed from 1964 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 Manger. Other villages in the municipality included Askeland, Austmarka, Bøvågen, Haugland, Sæbø, and Sletta. The municipality included almost all of the island of Radøy plus many small surrounding islands.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 111.44-square-kilometre (43.03 sq mi) municipality was the 372nd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Radøy Municipality was the 199th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 5,091. The municipality's population density was 45.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (118/sq mi) and its population had increased by 5.5% over the previous 10-year period.