Hol Municipality (Nordland)

Hol Municipality
Hol herred
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Hol within Nordland
Hol within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°08′40″N 13°39′02″E / 68.14444°N 13.65056°E / 68.14444; 13.65056
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictLofoten
Established1 July 1919
 • Preceded byBuksnes Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
 • Succeeded byVestvågøy Municipality
Administrative centreStamsund
Government
 • Mayor (1960-1962)Walter Tjønndal (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total67.5 km2 (26.1 sq mi)
 • Rank#572 in Norway
Highest elevation738 m (2,421 ft)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total3,104
 • Rank#294 in Norway
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −3.5%
DemonymHol-folk[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1861[5]

Hol is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 67.5-square-kilometre (26.1 sq mi) municipality existed from 1919 until its dissolution in 1963. Hol was located on the island of Vestvågøya in the southeastern part of what is now Vestvågøy Municipality. The administrative centre was located in Stamsund. The main church for Hol was Hol Church which is located just outside of the village of Fygle. The village of Steine was also located in the municipality.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 67.5-square-kilometre (26.1 sq mi) municipality was the 572nd largest by area out of the 705 municipalities in Norway. Hol Municipality was the 294th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,104. The municipality's population density was 46 inhabitants per square kilometre (120/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference elev was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (20 February 2018). "Hol – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.