Skånevik Municipality
Skånevik Municipality
Skånevik herad | |
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| Skaanevik herred (historic name) Skonevig herred (historic name) | |
View of the Åkrafjorden and the Langfossen waterfall | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Skånevik within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°43′58″N 05°56′15″E / 59.73278°N 5.93750°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Kvinnherad and Etne municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Skånevik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1962–1963) | Ingvald Skålnes (V) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 589.6 km2 (227.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #180 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,633 m (5,358 ft) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 2,705 |
| • Rank | #326 in Norway |
| • Density | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −6% |
| Demonym | Skåneviksbu |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1212 |
Skånevik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 589.6-square-kilometre (227.6 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now divided between Kvinnherad Municipality and Etne Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Skånevik. Other villages in the municipality included Fjæra, Åkra, and Ytre Matre.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 589.6-square-kilometre (227.6 sq mi) municipality was the 180th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Skånevik Municipality was the 326th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,705. The municipality's population density was 4.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 6% over the previous 10-year period.