Area 382 km² | Region Western Norway Adm. Center Kinsarvik | |
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Kinsarvik is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kinsarvik where Kinsarvik Church is located. The municipality of Kinsarvik existed two different times: from 1838 until 1869 and then again from 1913 until 1964. The municipality centered on the inner part of the Hardangerfjorden, and (originally) surrounded all of the Sørfjorden. The original Kinsarvik encompassed all of the present day municipalities of Ullensvang, Odda (except for Røldal), and a small part of Granvin. Upon its final dissolution in 1964, it covered an area of 382 square kilometres (147 sq mi).
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Map of 5780 Kinsarvik, Norway
History
The large parish of Kinsarvik (spelled Kinzervig at that time) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The parish of Kinsarvik was centered at Kinsarvik Church and it had a parish annex: Ullensvang. In 1869, Ullensvang became the main parish, and Kinsarvik became an annex to Ullensvang (and the municipality then changed the name to Ullensvang).
On 1 July 1913, the municipality of Ullensvang was split into three separate municipalities. The northwestern part became Kinsarvik (population: 1,736), the central part was Ullensvang (population: 1,941) and the southern part became Odda (population: 3,077). On 1 January 1964, Kinsarvik municipality was dissolved. The Lussand-Kvanndal area north of the Hardangerfjorden (population: 72) was transferred to the municipality of Granvin. The remainder of Kinsarvik (population: 1,513) was merged into Ullensvang once again.