Fitjar
Fitjar Municipality
Fitjar kommune | |
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| Fitje herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Fitjar | |
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Vestland within Norway | |
Fitjar within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 59°55′08″N 05°22′17″E / 59.91889°N 5.37139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1863 |
| • Preceded by | Stord Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Fitjar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Wenche Tislevoll (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 142.47 km2 (55.01 sq mi) |
| • Land | 134.50 km2 (51.93 sq mi) |
| • Water | 7.97 km2 (3.08 sq mi) 5.6% |
| • Rank | #317 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,181 |
| • Rank | #224 in Norway |
| • Density | 23.7/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +6.7% |
| Demonym | Fitjabu |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4615 |
| Website | Official website |
Fitjar (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈfɪ̂tːjɑr] ⓘ) is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Fitjar municipality includes the northern part of the island of Stord and the hundreds of surrounding islands, mostly to the northwest of the main island. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fitjar.
The 142-square-kilometre (55 sq mi) municipality is the 317th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Fitjar is the 224th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,181. The municipality's population density is 23.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (61/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.7% over the previous 10-year period.