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Radøy Municipality

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former municipality in Hordaland, Norway

Key facts

Country
Norway
County
Hordaland
District
Nordhordland
Established
1 Jan 1964
Preceded by
Hordabø Municipality , Sæbø Municipality , and Manger Municipality
Disestablished
1 Jan 2020
Succeeded by
Alver Municipality
Administrative centre
Manger
Mayor 2007 2019
Jon Askeland ( Sp )
Total
111.44 km (43.03 sq mi)
Land
106.80 km (41.24 sq mi)
Water
4.64 km (1.79 sq mi) 4.2%
Rank
# 372 in Norway
Highest elevation
216.7 m (711 ft)
Density
45.7/km (118/sq mi)
Change 10 years
+5.5%
Demonym
Radværing
Norwegian form
Nynorsk

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Demonym
radværing
Country
Norway
Located in
Hordaland
Capital
Manger
Population
5077
Area
0.061459715730716284
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Body of water
Norwegian Sea
Shares border with
Lindås Municipality
Official website
www.radoy.kommune.no
Image
Manger 29 To Bergen (5672350914).jpg
Households
56
Significant event
creation
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Commons category
Radøy (former municipality)
language used
Nynorsk
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2019-12-31
inception
1964-01-01
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Alver Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview

Radøy is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 111.44-square-kilometre (43.03 sq mi) municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Alver Municipality in the traditional district of Nordhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Manger. Other villages in the municipality included Askeland, Austmarka, Bøvågen, Haugland, Sæbø, and Sletta. The municipality included almost all of the island of Radøy plus many small surrounding islands.

Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 111.44-square-kilometre (43.03 sq mi) municipality was the 372nd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Radøy Municipality was the 199th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 5,091. The municipality's population density was 45.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (118/sq mi) and its population had increased by 5.5% over the previous 10-year period.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Radøy Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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