Manger (municipality)

Manger Municipality
Manger herad
View of the village of Manger
View of the village of Manger
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Manger within Hordaland
Manger within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°38′29″N 05°02′29″E / 60.64139°N 5.04139°E / 60.64139; 5.04139
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 January 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 January 1964
 • Succeeded byRadøy Municipality
Administrative centreManger
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total1,328
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1261[1]

Manger is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now Alver Municipality in Vestland county. Upon its dissolution in 1964, Manger encompassed 34 square kilometres (13 sq mi). The municipality originally included almost all of the island of Radøy, the northern part of the island of Holsnøy, and all the islands of northern Øygarden. Over time, the municipality was reduced in size several times, so that by 1964, it was just the central part of Radøy island. The administrative centre was the village of Manger where Manger Church is located.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Manger – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 April 2014.