Kopervik

Kopervik
View of the town (before 1951)
View of the town (before 1951)
Kopervik is located in Rogaland
Kopervik
Kopervik
Location of the town
Kopervik is located in Norway
Kopervik
Kopervik
Kopervik (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°16′48″N 5°18′06″E / 59.2801°N 5.3016°E / 59.2801; 5.3016
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyRogaland
DistrictHaugaland
MunicipalityKarmøy Municipality
Established as 
Ladested1866 (until 1965)
By (town)1996
Area
 • Total7.53 km2 (2.91 sq mi)
Elevation2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total11,561
 • Density1,535/km2 (3,980/sq mi)
DemonymKoperviksbu
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4250 Kopervik
Kopervik ladested
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Kopervik within Rogaland
Kopervik within Rogaland
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictRyfylke
Established16 Aug 1866
 • Preceded byAvaldsnes Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byKarmøy Municipality
Administrative centreKopervik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total0.36 km2 (0.14 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total1,737
 • Density4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
DemonymKoperviksbu[3]
ISO 3166 codeNO-1105[4]

Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmøy. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The town was also an independent municipality from 1866 until 1965.

The 7.53-square-kilometre (1,860-acre) town has a population (2019) of 11,561 and a population density of 1,535 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,980/sq mi).[1] The municipality of Karmøy has about 42,000 inhabitants, so this means Kopervik is home to about 25% of the municipal population.

Kopervik is one of three towns in Karmøy (the others are Åkrehamn and Skudeneshavn). Kopervik is a transportation hub for scheduled boats going north to Bergen and south to Stavanger. The main industries are aluminium smelting and fishing. Kopervik contains Karmøy's municipal government buildings as well as a lot of the commercial development in the municipality. Kopervik Church has been located in the town for a long time. The previous church building was destroyed by fire in 2010, and its replacement was completed in 2016.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2019). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Kopervik, Karmøy (Rogaland)". yr.no. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference snl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).