Naustdal Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Sogn og Fjordane
- District
- Sunnfjord
- Established
- 1 Jan 1896
- Preceded by
- Førde Municipality
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Sunnfjord Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Naustdal
- Mayor 2007 2019
- Håkon Myrvang ( Ap )
- Total
- 369.49 km (142.66 sq mi)
- Land
- 355.51 km (137.26 sq mi)
- Water
- 13.98 km (5.40 sq mi) 3.8%
- Rank
- # 251 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,390.4 m (4,562 ft)
- Density
- 7.6/km (20/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +5.2%
- Demonyms
- Naustedøling, Naustedøl
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
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Encyclopedic overview
Naustdal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 369.5-square-kilometre (142.7 sq mi) municipality existed from 1896 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 village of Naustdal. Other villages in the municipality included Vevring and Helle.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 369.49-square-kilometre (142.66 sq mi) municipality was the 251th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Naustdal Municipality was the 277th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,793. The municipality's population density was 7.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi) and its population had increased by 5.2% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Naustdal Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.