Hamre, Osterøy

Hamre is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.

The parish of "Hammer" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The name was changed to Hamre in 1915.

On January 1, 1904 the district Åsane was separated from Hamre to constitute a municipality of its own. The split left Hamre with a population of 2,914. On 1 July 1914 a part of Hamre with 622 inhabitants was transferred to Åsane.

On 1 January 1964 the island Flatøy with 166 inhabitants was incorporated into Meland municipality while the area north of Osterfjorden with 1,240 inhabitants was incorporated into Lindås. The rest of Hamre, with 1,166 inhabitants, was merged with parts of Bruvik, Haus and Hosanger to create the new municipality Osterøy.

The village Hamre is located near the extreme western point of Osterøy, across the fjord from Knarvik.

Findings from the Stone Age hints that people have been living in Hamre and the surrounding area for more than 3500 years.

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