Moster

For the wine grape that is also known as Moster, see Chasselas.

Moster kommune
—  Former Municipality  —
Siggjo and Bømla bridge.
Country	Norway
County	Hordaland
District	Vestlandet
Municipality ID	NO-1218
Adm. Center	Mosterhamn
Population (1962)
- Total	1,841
Created from	Finnås in 1916.
Merged with	Bømlo in 1963.

Moster is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.

It was created by the split of Finnås on July 1, 1916, which created the new municipalities Moster, Bømlo and Bremnes. At that time Moster had a population of 1.316.

On 1 January 1963 the three municipalities were reunited under the name Bømlo. Before the merger Moster had a population of 1.834.

References

• Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl. 

Coordinates: 59°42′08″N 5°20′50″E / 59.7022°N 5.34722°E / 59.7022; 5.34722