Ulvik Municipality
Ulvik herad | |
|---|---|
 View of the Ulvik area | |
 Flag | |
 Vestland within Norway | |
 Ulvik within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 60°37′16″N 07°04′49″E / 60.62111°N 7.08028°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Hardanger |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Ulvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Jens Olav Holven (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 721.99 km2 (278.76 sq mi) |
| • Land | 663.21 km2 (256.07 sq mi) |
| • Water | 58.78 km2 (22.70 sq mi) 8.1% |
| • Rank | #158 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 1,056 |
| • Rank | #329 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −5.1% |
| Demonym | Ulvikje[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4620[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Ulvik is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality stretches from the Hardangerfjord to the mountains that reach 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulvik. The villages of Osa and Finse are also located in Ulvik municipality.
The 722-square-kilometre (279 sq mi) municipality is the 158th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ulvik is the 329th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,056. The municipality's population density is 1.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.1/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.1% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5] Of the municipality's total population, nearly half live in the village of Ulvik at the end of the Ulvikafjorden. The vast majority of those who do not live in the village of Ulvik live on the farms surrounding the village or at the end of the Osa Fjord in the village of Osa.
In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Ulvik be closed.[6]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Fjelltveit, Ingvild; Raunholm, Per Vidar (20 December 2016). "Foreslår å legge ned 17 lensmannskontor i Vest politidistrikt". NRK Hordaland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 October 2017.