Alversund (municipality)

Alversund Municipality
Alversund herad
Alversundet strait and bridge in the background
Alversundet strait and bridge in the background
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Alversund within Hordaland
Alversund within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°34′19″N 05°13′59″E / 60.57194°N 5.23306°E / 60.57194; 5.23306
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 Jan 1885
 • Preceded byHammer Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byLindås Municipality
Administrative centreAlversund
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total59 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,099
 • Density36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1257[1]

Alversund is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1885 until 1964. It was located in the southwestern part of the mainland portion of the present-day Alver Municipality in Vestland county. It originally included area on the island of Holsnøy as well, but that was later separated. Alversund covered 59 square kilometres (23 sq mi) upon its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Alversund, where Alversund Church is located.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Alversund" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 March 2014.