Vossestrand information

Vossestrand Municipality

*Vossestrand herad*
Vossestrand Municipality Vossestrand herad
Former municipality
	Vossestranden herred (historic name)
	Hordaland within Norway
	Vossestrand within Hordaland
	Coordinates: 60°48′N 06°36′E / 60.800°N 6.600°E
Country	Norway
County	Hordaland
District	Voss
Established	1 Jan 1868
• Preceded by	Voss Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Voss Municipality
Administrative centre	Vasstrondi
Government
• Mayor (1960-1963)	Per Årmot (Sp)
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	527 km2 (203 sq mi)
Population (1963)
• Total	1,576
• Density	3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1236
	Data from Statistics Norway

Vossestrand is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The 527-square-kilometre (203 sq mi) municipality existed from 1868 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Voss. The municipality was centered on the nearby villages of Vinje and Oppheim, where the two churches for the municipality are located: Vinje Church and Oppheim Church. The large lake Oppheimsvatnet sat in the central part of the municipality. The administrative centre was at Vasstrondi, on the south side of the lake Oppheimsvatnet.^[2]

^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
^ Store norske leksikon. "Vossestrand. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.

[1] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

[snl-2] Store norske leksikon. "Vossestrand. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.

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Vossestrand Municipality Vossestrand herad
Former municipality
Vossestranden herred (historic name)
Hordaland within Norway
Vossestrand within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°48′N 06°36′E / 60.800°N 6.600°E / 60.800; 6.600
Country	Norway
County	Hordaland
District	Voss
Established	1 Jan 1868
• Preceded by	Voss Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Voss Municipality
Administrative centre	Vasstrondi
Government
• Mayor (1960-1963)	Per Årmot (Sp)
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	527 km² (203 sq mi)
Population (1963)
• Total	1,576
• Density	3.0/km² (7.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1236^[1]
Data from Statistics Norway