Strandebarm Municipality
Strandebarm Municipality
Strandebarm herad | |
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View of the fjord from the village of Strandebarm | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Strandebarm within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°17′N 06°01′E / 60.283°N 6.017°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Hardanger |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Kvam Municipality and Jondal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Bru |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960-1964) | Kristoffer Kolltveit (V) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 112.1 km2 (43.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #410 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,299 m (4,262 ft) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 1,628 |
| • Rank | #440 in Norway |
| • Density | 14.5/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −4.6% |
| Demonyms | Strandberming Strandeberming |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1226 |
Strandebarm is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 112.1-square-kilometre (43.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now divided between Kvam Municipality and Ullensvang Municipality in the traditional district of Hardanger in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Bru (also known as Strandebarm. Other villages in the municipality included Kysnesstranda, Omastranda, and Innstranda.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 112.1-square-kilometre (43.3 sq mi) municipality was the 410th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Strandebarm Municipality was the 440th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,628. The municipality's population density was 14.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (38/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 4.6% over the previous 10-year period.
One of the larger industries in the municipality was shipbuilding, centered at the village of Omastranda, where the company Fjellstrand A.S. was headquartered.