Tysnes

This article is about the municipality in Western Norway. For the island along the Hardangerfjorden, see Tysnesøy.
Tysnes Municipality
Tysnes kommune
Municipality
The harbour in Våge
The harbour in Våge
Coat of arms of Tysnes Municipality
Coat of arms
Vestland within Norway
Vestland within Norway
Tysnes within Vestland
Tysnes within Vestland
Coordinates: 59°59′54″N 05°34′38″E / 59.99833°N 5.57722°E / 59.99833; 5.57722
CountryNorway
CountyVestland
DistrictSunnhordland
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreUggdal
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Synnøve Bakke (Ap)
Area
 • Total255.14 km2 (98.51 sq mi)
 • Land245.19 km2 (94.67 sq mi)
 • Water9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi)  3.9%
 • Rank#283 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total2,910
 • Rank#232 in Norway
 • Density11.9/km2 (31/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +6.4%
DemonymTysnesing[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4616[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Tysnes (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈtŷːsneːs]) is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Uggdal. Other population centres in Tysnes include the villages of Våge and Onarheim. The island municipality is located in a group of islands near the mouth of the Hardangerfjorden. The majority of the municipal population lives on the island of Tysnesøya, the largest island in the municipality.[4]

The 255-square-kilometre (98 sq mi) municipality is the 283rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tysnes is the 232nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,910. The municipality's population density is 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (31/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.4% 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. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Tysnes" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  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).