Eikefjord

Infobox Settlement
name = Eikefjord kommune
settlement_type = Former Municipality
latd=61|latm=35|lats=4|latNS=N
longd=5|longm=27|longs=29|longEW=E


seat_type = Administrative Center
seat = Eikefjord
blank_name = Created from
blank_info = Kinn in 1923
blank1_name = Merged into
blank1_info = Flora in 1964
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Norway
subdivision_type1 = County
subdivision_name1 = Sogn og Fjordane
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Sunnfjord
subdivision_type3 = Municipality ID
subdivision_name3 =
website=http://www.eikefjord.net

Eikefjord is a village and a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center of the former municipality of Eikefjord was the village of Eikefjord.

In 2001, the village of Eikefjord had 322 inhabitants. The greater Eikefjord area had exactly 1,000 inhabitants (Eikefjord 322, Tonheim/Grov 100, Sunnarvik 88, Hovland 192, Svardal/Steindalen 55, Langedal/Ramsdal 117, Endestad/Løkkebø 126). The whole Eikefjord district has a population of 1,273.cite web|publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå|title=Folke- og bustadteljing 2001 - 1401 Flora|date=1 January 2006|url=http://www.ssb.no/fob/kommunehefte/1401/fob_1401_tabeller.pdf no icon]

History

Eikefjord was established as a municipality on 1 January 1923, when it was split from the municipality of Kinn. Eikefjord had an initial population of 929 residents.

On 1 January 1964, Eikefjord was merged with municipality of Kinn, the town of Florø, and parts of the municipalities of Bru, Vevring, and Bremanger to form the new municipality of Flora. Prior to the merger, Eikefjord had 919 inhabitants.cite web|first=Dag|last=Jukvam|publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå|title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen|date=1999|url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf no icon]

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