Vikebygd

Vikebygd is a village and former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.

The municipality was created by a split from Sveen on January 1, 1902. At that time Vikebygd had a population of 1,092.

On 1 January 1964 the districts of Årvik, Veastad and Vik with 578 inhabitants were incorporated into Ølen municipality. The rest of Vikebygd, with 471 inhabitants, was reincorporated into Sveio. On 1 January 2006 Ølen municipality was incorporated into Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county. The village Vikebygd is thus located in Rogaland.

Vikebygd is also a village in Ullensvang municipality in Hardanger.

References

*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl