Bruvik (municipality)

Bruvik Municipality
Bruvik herad
Bruvik on Osterøy island, seen from the top of Brøknipa
Bruvik on Osterøy island, seen from the top of Brøknipa
Coat of arms of Bruvik Municipality
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Bruvik within Hordaland
Bruvik within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°28′50″N 05°41′00″E / 60.48056°N 5.68333°E / 60.48056; 5.68333
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 Jan 1870
 • Preceded byHaus Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVaksdal and Osterøy municipalities
Administrative centreBruvik
Government
 • Mayor (1960-1963)Jan Hermann Hermansen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
391 km2 (151 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
5,673
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
DemonymBruviking[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1251[2]

Bruvik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1870 until its dissolution in 1964. At the time of its dissolution, the municipality covered 391 square kilometres (151 sq mi) on both sides of the Veafjorden, the innermost part of the Sørfjorden, including the southeastern part of the island of Osterøy. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bruvik where Bruvik Church is located.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Bruvik" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2014.