Strandvik Municipality
Strandvik Municipality
Strandvik herad | |
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View of the Sævareidfjorden | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Strandvik within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°09′34″N 05°40′00″E / 60.15944°N 5.66667°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1903 |
| • Preceded by | Fusa Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Fusa Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Strandvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1952–1963) | Stein Hauge (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 143.2 km2 (55.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #440 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 819 m (2,687 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 2,078 |
| • Rank | #424 in Norway |
| • Density | 14.5/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −10.4% |
| Demonym | Strandvik-folk |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1240 |
Strandvik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 143.2-square-kilometre (55.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Bjørnafjorden Municipality in the traditional district of Midhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Strandvik where Strandvik Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 143.2-square-kilometre (55.3 sq mi) municipality was the 440th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Strandvik Municipality was the 424th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,078. The municipality's population density was 14.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (38/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 10.4% over the previous 10-year period.