Osterøy
Osterøy Municipality
Osterøy kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Osterøy within Hordaland | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Administrative centre | Lonevåg |
| Area | |
• Total | 275 km2 (106 sq mi) |
| • Land | 270 km2 (100 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #288 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 7,174 |
| • Rank | #140 in Norway |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +2.8% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1253[2] |
| Website | Official website |
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Osterøy is a island municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
Osterøy was established as a new municipality January 1, 1964 - after the merger of large parts of Bruvik, Hamre, Haus and Hosanger.
The island is located just northeast of Bergen, surrounded by the fjords Osterfjorden and Sørfjorden. Nineteenth century musician and composer Ole Bull had a home on the island at Valestrand. The Havrå farm is located on the island.
The town hall is located in Lonevåg in the centre of the island. The village with the biggest population is Valestrandsfossen with 953 inhabitants [3]. The mayor is Adelheid from the Norwegian Labour Party.
The name
The Norse form of the name was (just) Óstr. (The last element øy f 'island' was added later.) The meaning of the name is unknown. (Maybe identical with the word óstr m 'the arch of the neck' - words for parts of the body are common in Norwegian place names.)
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1985). It shows three broad axes. (Used in the construction of timber houses - which has long traditions in the municipality.)
History
On January 1, 1964 a part of Haus municipality located on the island Osterøy was moved to Osterøy municipality [4].
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Statistics Norway (2005). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2005".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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