Valestrand Municipality
Valestrand Municipality
Valestrand herad | |
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View of the Valestrand Church | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Valestrand within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°41′58″N 05°28′20″E / 59.69944°N 5.47222°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 January 1868 |
| • Preceded by | Stord Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 January 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Sveio Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Valevåg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1958–1964) | Kristoffer Vihovde (V) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 59.4 km2 (22.9 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #579 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 431.85 m (1,416.8 ft) |
| Population (1962) | |
• Total | 1,227 |
| • Rank | #580 in Norway |
| • Density | 20.7/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +1.9% |
| Demonym | Valestrending |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1217 |
Valestrand is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 59.4-square-kilometre (22.9 sq mi) municipality existed from 1868 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Sveio Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Valevåg. Other villages in the municipality included Valestrand and Auklandshamn.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 59.4-square-kilometre (22.9 sq mi) municipality was the 579th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Valestrand Municipality was the 580th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,227. The municipality's population density was 20.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (54/sq mi) and its population had increased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period.