Hålandsdal is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1903 until 1964. It encompassed the eastern part of what is now Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county. It included the large lakes

Skogseidvatnet Skogseidvatnet is a lake in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmos ...

and

Gjønavatnet Gjønavatnet is a lake in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lake lies just east of the village of Holdhus and just north of the lake Skogseidvatnet. See also *List of lakes in Norway References

Lakes of Vest ...

and all of their surrounding valleys. The

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the municipality was the village of Holdhus where the

Holdhus Church Holdhus Church ( no, Holdhus kyrkje; historically called ) is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Holdhus. Although it is no longer regularly use ...

is located.

History

On 1 January 1903, the parish of Hålandsdal (historically spelled ''Haalandsdal'') was separated from the municipality of

Fusa Fusa () is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It existed from 1856 until its dissolution in 2020. It was located east of the city of Bergen in the Midhordland region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the ...

to form a separate municipality of its own. Initially, Hålandsdal had a population of 647. It was a small municipality and so in the early 1960s, the Schei Committee recommended that it be merged with two of its neighbors: Fusa and

Strandvik Strandvik is a village in the municipality of Bjørnafjorden in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on the northern shore of the Bjørnafjorden, about east of Osøyro (across the fjord) and about the same distance southeast of the village ...

. So, on 1 January 1964, Hålandsdal was merged with Strandvik and most of Fusa, creating a new, larger municipality of

. Prior to the merger, Hålandsdal had a population of 528.

Government

Municipal council

The municipal council of Hålandsdal was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haalandsdal Valleys of Vestland Bjørnafjorden Former municipalities of Norway 1903 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway