Årstad Municipality

Årstad or Aarstad is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 21.37-square-kilometre (8.25 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1915. The area is now part of Bergen Municipality in the traditional district of Midhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Kronstad. The area of the old municipality somewhat corresponds to the present-day borough of Årstad, just south of the city centre of Bergen. The municipality is named after the medieval farm Alrekstad, located on this site.