Area 143 km² | Region Western Norway | |
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Strandvik is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The 143-square-kilometre (55 sq mi) municipality encompassed the southern part of present-day municipality of Fusa. It included the inner part of the Bjørnafjorden. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Strandvik where the Strandvik Church is located.
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Map of 5643 Strandvik, Norway
History
On 1 January 1903, the parish of Strandvik was separated from the municipality of Fusa to form a separate municipality of its own. Initially, Strandvik had a population of 1,876. It was a small municipality and so in the early 1960s, the Schei Committee recommended that it be merged with two of its neighbors: Fusa and Hålandsdal. So, on 1 January 1964, Strandvik was merged with Hålandsdal and most of Fusa, creating a new, larger municipality of Fusa. Prior to the merger, Strandvik had a population of 2,053.