Kinsarvik (municipality)

Kinsarvik Municipality
Kinsarvik herad
Kinservik herred  (historic name)
View of Kinsarvik
View of Kinsarvik
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Kinsarvik within Hordaland
Kinsarvik within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°22′28″N 06°43′12″E / 60.37444°N 6.72000°E / 60.37444; 6.72000
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictHardanger
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1869
 • Succeeded byUllensvang Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1913
 • Preceded byUllensvang Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byUllensvang Municipality
Administrative centreKinsarvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total382 km2 (147 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total1,585
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1231[1]

Kinsarvik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kinsarvik where Kinsarvik Church is located. The municipality of Kinsarvik existed two different times: from 1838 until 1869 and then again from 1913 until 1964. The municipality centered on the inner part of the Hardangerfjorden, and (originally) surrounded all of the Sørfjorden. The original Kinsarvik encompassed all of the present day municipalities of Ullensvang (except for Røldal) and a small part of Voss. Upon its final dissolution in 1964, it covered an area of 382 square kilometres (147 sq mi).[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Kinsarvik. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 June 2014.