Granvin

Granvin Municipality
Granvin herad
View of the village of Granvin
View of the village of Granvin
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Granvin within Hordaland
Granvin within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°31′37″N 06°43′10″E / 60.52694°N 6.71944°E / 60.52694; 6.71944
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictHardanger
Established1 May 1891
 • Preceded byUlvik Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byVoss Municipality
Administrative centreEide
Government
 • Mayor (2011-2019)Ingebjørg Winjum (V)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total211.28 km2 (81.58 sq mi)
 • Land203.86 km2 (78.71 sq mi)
 • Water7.42 km2 (2.86 sq mi)  3.5%
 • Rank#326 in Norway
Population
 (2019)
 • Total933
 • Rank#403 in Norway
 • Density4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −4.5%
DemonymGravensar[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1234[3]

Granvin is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1891 until its dissolution in 2020 when it merged with Voss Municipality. The municipality was located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of Granvin was the village of Eide, which is also called "Granvin". About half of the residents of the municipality lived in the municipal centre. The rest lived in the rural valley areas surrounding the Granvin Fjord or the lake Granvinsvatnet in the central part of the municipality.

Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 211-square-kilometre (81 sq mi) municipality is the 326th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Granvin is the 403rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 933. The municipality's population density is 4.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.5% over the last decade.[4]

  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. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2017.