Vevring Municipality
Vevring Municipality
Vevring herad | |
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View of the local Vevring Church | |
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
Vevring within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°29′32″N 5°24′24″E / 61.4922°N 5.4067°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Flora, Askvoll, and Naustdal municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Vevring |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1956–1964) | Audun Hegrenes |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 125.2 km2 (48.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #470 in Norway |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 866 |
| • Rank | #632 in Norway |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −8.6% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1434 |
Vevring is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Kinn Municipality, Askvoll Municipality, and Sunnfjord Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnfjord in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Vevring which is on the north side of the Førdefjorden where Vevring Church is located. The village of Kvammen was the main village on the south side of the fjord.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 125.2-square-kilometre (48.3 sq mi) municipality was the 470th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Vevring Municipality was the 632nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 866. The municipality's population density was 6.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 8.6% over the previous 10-year period.