Vindafjord
Vindafjord Municipality
Vindafjord kommune | |
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View of the municipal centre of Ølensjøen | |
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Rogaland within Norway | |
Vindafjord within Rogaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°32′44″N 05°49′05″E / 59.54556°N 5.81806°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Haugaland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Preceded by | Sandeid, Vats, Imsland, Vikedal, and Skjold municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Ølensjøen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2011) | Ole Johan Vierdal (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 620.58 km2 (239.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 598.74 km2 (231.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 21.85 km2 (8.44 sq mi) 3.5% |
| • Rank | #186 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 8,844 |
| • Rank | #122 in Norway |
| • Density | 14.8/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +2.7% |
| Demonym | Vindafjording |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1160 |
| Website | Official website |
Vindafjord is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. Since 2005, the administrative centre of the municipality has been the village of Ølensjøen (prior to that time it was the village of Sandeid). Other villages in the municipality include Bjoa, Imslandsjøen, Ølensvåg, Skjold, Vats, Vikebygd, and Vikedal. The municipality is centered on the Vindafjorden and Sandeidfjorden in the east and it lies north and east of the Skjoldafjorden in the west.
The 621-square-kilometre (240 sq mi) municipality is the 186th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vindafjord is the 122nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,844. The municipality's population density is 14.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (38/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.7% over the previous 10-year period.