Skånevik
Skånevik Municipality
Skånevik herad | |
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| Skaanevik herred (historic name) Skonevig herred (historic name) | |
View of the Åkrafjorden and the Langfossen waterfall | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Skånevik within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°43′58″N 05°56′15″E / 59.73278°N 5.93750°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Kvinnherad and Etne municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Skånevik |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 588 km2 (227 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 2,705 |
| • Density | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Skåneviksbu |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1212 |
Skånevik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 588-square-kilometre (227 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. It included the land surrounding both sides of the Skånevikfjorden and its smaller branches: the Åkrafjorden and Matersfjorden in the present-day Etne Municipality and Kvinnherad Municipality. It also included the eastern part of the island of Halsnøya and stretched quite a ways inland all the way to the Folgefonna glacier. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Skånevik where Skånevik Church is located.