Country Norway County Rogaland Municipality ID NO-1119 Area 65 km² | Region Western Norway District Jæren Adm. Center Nærbø | |
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Nærbø is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nærbø where the Old Nærbø Church is located. The 65-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality was located in the district of Jæren inside the northern part of the present-day municipality of Hå. The municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964.
History
The municipality of Nærbø was established in 1894 when the old municipality of Hå was split in half into Varhaug and Nærbø. Initially, Nærbø had 1,806 residents. On 1 January 1964, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On that date, the municipalities of Nærbø (population: 3,926), Varhaug (population: 3,454), and Ogna (population: 1,470).