Sund Municipality
Sund Municipality
Sund kommune | |
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View of an old stone fence on the island of Sotra | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Sund within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°13′56″N 05°06′17″E / 60.23222°N 5.10472°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Øygarden Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Skogsvåg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2013–2019) | Kari-Anne Landro (H) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 99.54 km2 (38.43 sq mi) |
| • Land | 94.7 km2 (36.6 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4.84 km2 (1.87 sq mi) 4.9% |
| • Rank | #381 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 284.6 m (934 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 7,062 |
| • Rank | #149 in Norway |
| • Density | 70.9/km2 (184/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +19.7% |
| Demonym | Sundsokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1245 |
Sund is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 99.54-square-kilometre (38.43 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Øygarden Municipality in the traditional district of Midhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Skogsvågen on the island of Sotra. Other villages in the municipality included Klokkarvik, Telavåg, Kausland, and Hammarsland
Sund Municipality covered the southern third of the island of Sotra, west of the city of Bergen. It also included many smaller, surrounding islands. Sund Municipality was a predominantly rural municipality, with no major settlements, the largest being Hammarsland with approximately 900 inhabitants (in 2013). Due to the proximity to the city of Bergen, a large proportion of the population commuted to the city to work.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 99.54-square-kilometre (38.43 sq mi) municipality was the 381st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Sund Municipality was the 149th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 7,062. The municipality's population density was 70.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (184/sq mi) and its population had increased by 19.7% over the previous 10-year period.