Vikebygd (municipality)

Vikebygd kommune
Former Municipality

View of the village of Vikebygd
Vikebygd kommune

Location in Hordaland county

Coordinates: 59°35′39″N 05°35′14″E / 59.59417°N 5.58722°E / 59.59417; 5.58722Coordinates: 59°35′39″N 05°35′14″E / 59.59417°N 5.58722°E / 59.59417; 5.58722
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Hordaland
District Sunnhordland
Municipality ID NO-1215
Adm. Center Vikebygd
Area[1]
 • Total 102 km2 (39 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from Sveen in 1902
Merged into Ølen and Sveio in 1964

Vikebygd is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality 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.[1]

History

Historically, the parish of Vikebygd was a part of the old municipality of Fjeldberg. In 1865, Vikebygd parish became a part of the new municipality of Sveen. The parish of Vikebygd was established as a separate municipality on 1 January 1902 when the eastern part of the municipality of Sveen was separated to form Vikebygd. Initially, Vikebygd had a population of 1,092. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Vikebygd was dissolved due to the recommendations of the Schei Committee. The Ålfjorden was used as a dividing line and the western part of Vikebygd (population: 471) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Sveio and the eastern part of Vikebygd (population: 578) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Ølen. On 1 January 2006, all of Ølen municipality was incorporated into Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Vikebygd" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.


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