Laksevåg (municipality)
Laksevåg is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The 32-square-kilometre (12 sq mi) municipality was located on the western part of the Bergen Peninsula. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Loddefjord. The municipality, which existed from 1918 until 1972, was a located a short distance west of the city of Bergen, and today it makes up the borough of Laksevåg which is part of the city of Bergen in Bergen Municipality which is now in Vestland county. The municipality was located along the Byfjorden, north of the Grimstadfjorden, and west of the Fyllingsdalen valley.
Laksevåg Municipality
Laksevåg kommune | |
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Former municipality | |
| Laksevaag herred (historic name) | |
View from Lyderhorn | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Laksevåg within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°22′07″N 05°13′33″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 July 1918 |
| • Preceded by | Askøy Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1972 |
| • Succeeded by | Bergen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Loddefjord |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1964–1971) | Ingvald Iversen |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 32.72 km2 (12.63 sq mi) |
| Population (1971) | |
| • Total | 23,350 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1248 |
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