Strandvik (municipality)

Strandvik Municipality
Strandvik herad
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Strandvik within Hordaland
Strandvik within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°09′34″N 05°40′00″E / 60.15944°N 5.66667°E / 60.15944; 5.66667
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictMidhordland
Established1 Jan 1903
 • Preceded byFusa Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byFusa Municipality
Administrative centreStrandvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total143 km2 (55 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total2,078
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1240[1]

Strandvik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964. The 143-square-kilometre (55 sq mi) municipality encompassed the southern part of present-day Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county. It included the inner part of the Bjørnafjorden. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Strandvik where the Strandvik Church is located.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Strandvik" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2014.