Varaldsøy Municipality
Varaldsøy Municipality
Varaldsøy herad | |
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| Varaldsø herred (historic name) | |
View of the Varaldsøy Church on Varaldsøy | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Varaldsøy within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°07′43″N 05°59′21″E / 60.12861°N 5.98917°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Hardanger |
| Established | 1 Jan 1902 |
| • Preceded by | Strandebarm Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Kvinnherad Municipality and Kvam Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Våge |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1964–1965) | Haktor Djuvsland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 83.1 km2 (32.1 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #438 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 767 m (2,516 ft) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 809 |
| • Rank | #502 in Norway |
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −0.9% |
| Demonym | Varaldsøying |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1225 |
Varaldsøy is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 83.1-square-kilometre (32.1 sq mi) municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now divided between Kvinnherad Municipality and Kvam Municipality in the traditional district of Hardanger in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Våge on the south part of the island of Varaldsøy. Other villages in the municipality included Mundheim and Gjermundshamn.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 83.1-square-kilometre (32.1 sq mi) municipality was the 438th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Varaldsøy Municipality was the 502nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 809. The municipality's population density was 9.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (25/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 0.9% over the previous 10-year period.