Ulvik Municipality
Ulvik Municipality
Ulvik herad | |
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View of the Ulvik area | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Vestland within Norway | |
Ulvik within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 60°37′16″N 07°04′49″E / 60.62111°N 7.08028°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Hardanger |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Ulvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Jens Olav Holven (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 722 km2 (279 sq mi) |
| • Land | 663.07 km2 (256.01 sq mi) |
| • Water | 58.93 km2 (22.75 sq mi) 8.2% |
| • Rank | #158 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,860.95 m (6,105.5 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 1,100 |
| • Rank | #328 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −0.5% |
| Demonym | Ulvikje |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4620 |
| Website | Official website |
Ulvik is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The municipality stretches from the Hardangerfjord to the mountains that reach 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulvik. The villages of Osa and Finse are also located in Ulvik Municipality.
The 722-square-kilometre (279 sq mi) municipality is the 158th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ulvik Municipality is the 328th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,100. The municipality's population density is 1.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.9/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.5% over the previous 10-year period. Of the municipality's total population, nearly half live in the village of Ulvik at the end of the Ulvikafjorden. The vast majority of those who do not live in the village of Ulvik live on the farms surrounding the village or at the end of the Osa Fjord in the village of Osa.