Gaular Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Sogn og Fjordane
- District
- Sunnfjord
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Sunnfjord Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Sande
- Mayor 2011 2019
- Mathias Råheim ( H )
- Total
- 581.81 km (224.64 sq mi)
- Land
- 539.56 km (208.33 sq mi)
- Water
- 42.25 km (16.31 sq mi) 7.3%
- Rank
- # 191 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,359 m (4,459 ft)
- Density
- 5.2/km (13/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +9.8%
- Demonym
- Gaulværing
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Sunnfjord kommune
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaular is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 582-square-kilometre (225 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Sunnfjord Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnfjord in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Sande. Other villages in the municipality included Bygstad, Hestad, and Vik. Gaular was sometimes referred to as Fosselandet (the land of the waterfalls) because it was home to 28 large and small waterfalls. The municipality was centered on the river Gaula.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 581.81-square-kilometre (224.64 sq mi) municipality was the 191st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Gaular Municipality was the 263rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,027. The municipality's population density was 5.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population had increased by 9.8% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaular Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.