- Manger, Norway
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Manger kommune — Former Municipality — Manger Church
Country Norway County Hordaland District Vestlandet Municipality ID NO-1261 Adm. center Manger Population (1963) - Total 1,328 Created from Manger formannskapsdistrikt in 1837 Merged with Herdla in 1871, Hjelme in 1910, Hordabø and Sæbø in 1924, and Radøy in 1964 Manger is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
It was created as Manger formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. On 1 January 1871 the district Herdla with 2,484 inhabitants split away to form a municipality of its own, and on 1 January 1910 the same thing happened with Hjelme. The splits left Manger with a population of 4,453. Manger was to be divided again on 1 July 1924, when the new municipalities Bø and Sæbø were created. After this final split Manger had a population of 1,426.
On 1 January 1964 Manger was merged with Hordabø and parts of Herdla, Sæbø, Lindås and Austrheim to form the new municipality Radøy. Prior to the merger Hordabø had 1,344 inhabitants.
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: 60°38′38″N 5°2′29″E / 60.64389°N 5.04139°E
Categories:- Former municipalities of Norway
- Radøy
- Hordaland geography stubs
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