Utsira Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Rogaland
- District
- Haugaland
- Established
- 1 July 1924
- Preceded by
- Torvastad Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Utsira
- Mayor 2012
- Marte Eide Klovning ( Ap )
- Total
- 6.29 km (2.43 sq mi)
- Land
- 6.27 km (2.42 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.02 km (0.0077 sq mi) 0.3%
- Rank
- # 356 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 70.55 m (231.5 ft)
- Density
- 34.8/km (90/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +9.5%
- Demonym
- Sirabu
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- sirabu
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Rogaland
- Population
- 219
- Area
- 0.01
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Karmøy Municipality
- Official website
- www.utsira.kommune.no
- Image
- Utsira hamn.jpg
- Households
- 3
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- topic's main category
- Category:Utsira
- located in/on physical feature
- North Sea
- Commons category
- Utsira
- separated from
- Torvastad Municipality
- language used
- Nynorsk
- inception
- 1924-07-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Utsira ( pronounced [ˈʉ̌ːtˌsiːrɑ]) is the least populous municipality in Norway. The island municipality is located in northwestern Rogaland county, just off the western coast of Norway. Utsira is part of the traditional district of Haugaland.
The municipality consists of the main island of Utsira as well as several small, uninhabited outlying islands. Utsira Municipality is located in the North Sea, about 18 kilometres (11 miles) west of the town of Haugesund. All the residents (as of 2026) live on the main island of Utsira, where the administrative centre and Utsira Church are located.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Utsira Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.