Flora, Norway
Flora is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the town of Florø, which was founded in 1860. Florø has 8,957 inhabitants (2017) and the Eikefjord area in the east has 387 inhabitants (2017). Other village areas in the municipality included Rognaldsvåg, Stavang, Grov, Norddalsfjord, Nyttingnes, Steinhovden, and Brandsøy.
Flora Municipality
Flora kommune | |
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Former municipality | |
View of Florø | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
Flora within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°35′15″N 05°16′38″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Preceded by | Kinn, Florø, Bru, Eikefjord, and Vevring |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Kinn Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Florø |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2019) | Ola Teigen (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 693.06 km2 (267.59 sq mi) |
| • Land | 647.51 km2 (250.01 sq mi) |
| • Water | 45.55 km2 (17.59 sq mi) 6.6% |
| • Rank | #163 in Norway |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 11,988 |
| • Rank | #96 in Norway |
| • Density | 18.5/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5.1% |
| Demonym | Floraværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1401 |
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 693-square-kilometre (268 sq mi) municipality was the 163rd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Flora was the 96th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,988. The municipality's population density was18.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (48/sq mi), and its population had increased by 5.1% over the last decade.
The municipality stretched from inner fjords where the mountains ascend to the Ålfotbreen glacier, to the outermost islands off the mainland coast. The town at its centre had industries that developed continuously. Trade and industry in Flora were mainly fishing industry, shipyards, and supply for the oil and gas industry in the North Sea.