Vikebygd Municipality
Vikebygd Municipality
Vikebygd herad | |
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View of the village of Vikebygd | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Vikebygd within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°35′39″N 05°35′14″E / 59.59417°N 5.58722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1902 |
| • Preceded by | Sveen Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Ølen Municipality and Sveio Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Vikebygd |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1959–1963) | S. Ludvig Rasmussen (V) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 101.9 km2 (39.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #518 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 637.5 m (2,092 ft) |
| Population (1962) | |
• Total | 1,075 |
| • Rank | #602 in Norway |
| • Density | 10.5/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −7.6% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1215 |
Vikebygd is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 101.9-square-kilometre (39.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Sveio Municipality (in Vestland county) and Vindafjord Municipality (in Rogaland county) in the traditional district of Sunnhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Vikebygd.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 101.9-square-kilometre (39.3 sq mi) municipality was the 518th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Vikebygd Municipality was the 602nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,075. The municipality's population density was 10.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 7.6% over the previous 10-year period.