Haus, Norway

Haus Municipality
Haus herad
Hougs herred  (historic name)
View of Hausvik
View of Hausvik
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Haus within Hordaland
Haus within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°27′11″N 05°29′45″E / 60.45306°N 5.49583°E / 60.45306; 5.49583
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byOsterøy and Arna municipalities
Administrative centreHausvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total96 km2 (37 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total10,843
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
DemonymHausing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1250[2]

Haus (historically Hougs) is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The 96-square-kilometre (37 sq mi) municipality encompassed the southern half of the island of Osterøy as well as the area across the Sørfjorden from the island to the east, south, and west (although the municipality was quite a bit larger when it was first created in 1838). The administrative centre was the village of Haus, where Haus 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. "Haus" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2014.