Bremnes Municipality
Bremnes herad | |
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 View of the Slåtterøy Lighthouse | |
 Hordaland within Norway | |
 Bremnes within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°47′34″N 05°10′20″E / 59.79278°N 5.17222°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 July 1916 |
| • Preceded by | Finnås Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Bømlo Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Svortland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 125 km2 (48 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 4,829 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bremnesing[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1220[2] |
Bremnes is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1916 until 1963, when it was merged into the new municipality of Bømlo which is now part of Vestland county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svortland, where Bremnes Church is located. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) municipality covered the northern and western half of the island of Bømlo as well as the many small, surrounding islets.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Bremnes – Hordaland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 February 2015.