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Førde
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Sogn og Fjordane
- District
- Sunnfjord
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Sunnfjord Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Førde
- Mayor 2011 2019
- Olve Grotle ( H )
- Total
- 585.96 km (226.24 sq mi)
- Land
- 553.01 km (213.52 sq mi)
- Water
- 32.95 km (12.72 sq mi) 5.6%
- Rank
- # 190 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,633 m (5,358 ft)
- Density
- 22.3/km (58/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +10.6%
- Demonym
- Førdianar
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
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Encyclopedic overview
Førde is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 586-square-kilometre (226 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Sunnfjord Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnfjord in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the town of Førde. Some notable villages in the municipality included Bruland, Holsen, Moskog, and Haukedalen. The Øyrane area within the town of Førde was a large industrial/commercial area for the region.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 585.96-square-kilometre (226.24 sq mi) municipality was the 190th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Førde Municipality was the 93rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 13,092. The municipality's population density was 22.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (58/sq mi) and its population had increased by 10.6% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Førde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.