Eikefjord

Eikefjord Municipality
Eikefjord herad
View of the Eikefjorden
View of the Eikefjorden
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Eikefjord within Sogn og Fjordane
Eikefjord within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°35′04″N 05°27′29″E / 61.58444°N 5.45806°E / 61.58444; 5.45806
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictSunnfjord
Established1 Jan 1923
 • Preceded byKinn Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byFlora Municipality
Administrative centreEikefjord
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total145 km2 (56 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total919
 • Density6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1435[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Eikefjord is a former municipality in the Sunnfjord district in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 145-square-kilometre (56 sq mi) municipality existed from 1923 until 1964 when it joined Flora Municipality (now part of Kinn Municipality in Vestland county). The administrative center of the former municipality was the village of Eikefjord, where Eikefjord Church is located. The municipality of Eikefjord was located at the end of the Eikefjorden, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the town of Florø. The lake Endestadvatnet was part of the municipality. The municipality encompassed the immediate area around the village of Eikefjord and to the east and south of the village.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Eikefjord – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 November 2013.