Nærbø (municipality)

Nærbø herad
Former Municipality

Panorama of Nærbø
Nærbø herad

Location in Rogaland county

Coordinates: 58°39′55″N 05°38′16″E / 58.66528°N 5.63778°E / 58.66528; 5.63778Coordinates: 58°39′55″N 05°38′16″E / 58.66528°N 5.63778°E / 58.66528; 5.63778
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Rogaland
District Jæren
Municipality ID NO-1119
Adm. Center Nærbø
Area[1]
 • Total 65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from Hå in 1894
Merged into Hå in 1964

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 municipaltiy of Hå. The municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964.[1]

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).[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Nærbø – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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