Kvam

Kvam Municipality
Kvam herad
Vikør herred  (historic name)
View of Norheimsund in Kvam
View of Norheimsund in Kvam
Vestland within Norway
Vestland within Norway
Kvam within Vestland
Kvam within Vestland
Coordinates: 60°22′12″N 06°08′38″E / 60.37000°N 6.14389°E / 60.37000; 6.14389
CountryNorway
CountyVestland
DistrictHardanger
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreNorheimsund
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Torgeir Næss (Ap)
Area
 • Total616.94 km2 (238.20 sq mi)
 • Land580.40 km2 (224.09 sq mi)
 • Water36.54 km2 (14.11 sq mi)  5.9%
 • Rank#188 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total8,531
 • Rank#126 in Norway
 • Density14.7/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −0.6%
DemonymKvemming[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4622[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settlements in the municipality include Øystese, Bru, Ålvik, Tørvikbygd, Omastranda, and Mundheim. Historically, the municipality was named Vikør.[4]

The 617-square-kilometre (238 sq mi) municipality is the 188th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kvam is the 126th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,531. The municipality's population density is 14.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (38/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (20 June 2017). "Vikøy". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).