Vikebygd Municipality
Vikebygd herad | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Vikebygd.jpg) View of the village of Vikebygd | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Norway_Counties_Hordaland_Position.svg) Hordaland within Norway | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:NO_1215_Vikebygd.svg) Vikebygd within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°35′39″N 05°35′14″E / 59.59417°N 5.58722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1902 |
| • Preceded by | Sveen Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Ølen and Sveio municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Vikebygd |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 102 km2 (39 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
| • Total | 1,049 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1215[1] |
Vikebygd is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located along the eastern and western shores of the Ålfjorden, a small branch off the main Hardangerfjorden. The 102-square-kilometre (39 sq mi) municipality is located in the present-day municipalities of Sveio (in Hordaland county) and in Vindafjord (in Rogaland county). The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Vikebygd, where Vikebygd Church is located.[2]
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Vikebygd" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 March 2015.