Hordabø is a former municipality in the old

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

county,

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. The municipality, which existed from 1924 until 1964, was located on the northern part of the island of

Radøy Radøy is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district of the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new municipality of Alver in Vestland county. The mun ...

in the present-day

Alver Municipality Alver is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Knarvik. Other villages include Alversund, Alver, Isdalstø, Lindå ...

. The

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was the village of

Bøvågen Bøvågen is a small village in Alver municipality, Vestland county, Norway. It's located on the northern part of the island of Radøy. From 1924 until 1964, it was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Hordabø. Hordabø Chu ...

, where

Hordabø Church Hordabø Church ( no, Hordabø kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bøvågen on the island of Radøy. It is one of the four churches in the Radøy par ...

is located.

History

On 1 July 1924, the old Manger Municipality was split into three separate municipalities: ''Bø'' in the northern part, (a much smaller) Manger in the central part, and Sæbø in the southern part. The municipality, which was known as ''Bø'' at that time, had a population of 1,938. On 13 March 1925 the name was changed by royal resolution from ''Bø'' to ''Hordabø''. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II. It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municip ...

. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and a merged with the following places to form the new

Radøy Municipality Radøy is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district of the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new municipality of Alver in Vestland county. The mun ...

. *all Hordabø Municipality (population: 1,679) *all Manger Municipality (population: 1,344) *the island of Bognøy from Herdla Municipality (population: 29) *most of Sæbø Municipality, except the Titland area on the Lindås peninsula (population: 916) *the Sletta area on the island of

from

Lindås Municipality Lindås is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020 when it was merged into the new Alver Municipality. The administrative centre of the ...

(population: 305) *the Straume area on the island of Radøy and the small island of Fesøy from

Austrheim Municipality Austrheim is a municipality in the Nordhordland region of Vestland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årås. Other villages in the municipality include Austrheim and Kaland. The Mongstad industrial ...

(population: 56)

Government

Municipal council

The

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

of Hordabø was made up of 19 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hordabo Alver (municipality) Former municipalities of Norway 1924 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway

History

Government

Municipal council

See also

References