Herdla

Herdla Municipality
Herdla herad
Herlø herred  (historic name)
Aerial view of the island
Aerial view of the island
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Herdla within Hordaland
Herdla within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°34′24″N 04°56′51″E / 60.57333°N 4.94750°E / 60.57333; 4.94750
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 Jan 1871
 • Preceded byManger Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byAskøy, Fjell, Meland, Radøy, and Øygarden municipalities
Administrative centreHerdla
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total115 km2 (44 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total4,991
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1258[1]

Herdla is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1871 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed a large group of about 2,000 islands and skerries covering about 115-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) of land area, to the northwest of the city of Bergen in what is now parts of Øygarden, Alver, and Askøy municipalities in Vestland county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the small island-village of Herdla. The municipality included the northern third of the island of Holsnøy, the northern third of the island of Askøy, and the islands of Misje, Turøy, Toftøy, Rongøy, Blomøy, Ona, Bognøy, and many smaller surrounding islands.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Herdla. – tidl. kommune i Hordaland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 April 2014.