Varhaug Municipality
Varhaug herred | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Varhaug_kirke2.jpg) View of Varhaug Church, the main church for the municipality | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg) Rogaland within Norway | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:NO_1118_Varhaug.svg) Varhaug within Rogaland | |
| Coordinates: 58°37′05″N 05°39′25″E / 58.61806°N 5.65694°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Jæren |
| Established | 1 Jan 1894 |
| • Preceded by | Haa Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Hå Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Varhaug |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 3,454 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Varhaugsbu[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1118[2] |
Varhaug is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality existed from 1894 until 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Varhaug where Varhaug Church is located. The municipality encompassed the central part of the present-day Hå Municipality. It included the villages of Varhaug and Vigrestad as well as the surrounding countryside.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Varhaug – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 June 2016.