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Torvastad Municipality

former municipality in Rogaland, Norway
Administrative Area Former Municipality Of Norway Q63168065

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
former municipality of Norway (1965–present)
Inception
1838[6]

Location

Country
Norway[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.380°, 5.237°[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Rogaland[2]
More facts +9
Located in
Rogaland
Capital
Haugesund (1838–1855), Torvastad (1855–1964)[4][5]
Coordinates
🗺️ 59.380°, 5.237°
Demonym
torvastadbu, torvastadbu[14][15]
Dissolved
December 31, 1964
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
December 31, 1964[7]
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Karmøy Municipality[16]
Replaced by
Karmøy Municipality[13]
Significant event
boundary change, boundary change, boundary change, boundary change[9][10][11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Torvastad Municipality da Torvastad Kommune ro Comuna Torvastad sv Torvastads kommun tr Torvastad
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Salhus med Salhusfærgen 1932.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0dw5mj
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Torvastad_-_tidligere_kommune
KulturNav-ID
645538f6-78d9-440e-b0f8-e64729a6b529
Norwegian municipality number
1152

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🔗 Connections
← Separated from 3
Haugesund Municipality, Utsira Municipality, Skåre Municipality
Capital 1
Haugesund
Country 1
Norway
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Rogaland
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 1
Karmøy Municipality
Replaced by 1
Karmøy Municipality
← Replaces 1
Karmøy Municipality
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Summary

Torvastad Municipality is a former municipality of Norway[1].

Related Entities

Haugesund Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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