Bømlo
Bømlo Municipality
Bømlo kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Bømlo within Hordaland | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Administrative centre | Svortland |
| Government | |
| • Governor (2003) | Inge Reidar Kallevåg (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 246 km2 (95 sq mi) |
| • Land | 235 km2 (91 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #307 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 10,815 |
| • Rank | #95 in Norway |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +5.7% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1219[2] |
| Website | Official website |
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Bømlo is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
The old municipality of Finnås was divided into Bømlo, Bremnes and Moster July 1, 1916. The two latter were merged with Bømlo January 1, 1963.
Bømlo is an archipelago located west of Stord. Bømlo is also the name of the main island of this archipelago. Its area is 171 km2.
The name
The municipality is named after the main island of Bømlo (Norse Bymbil). The meaning of the name is unknown.
Until 1918 the name was written "Bømmel".
Communication
An extensive tunnel and bridge system, Trekantsambandet, connected Bømlo to the mainland and neighboring island Stord on April 30, 2001.
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- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.