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Jostedal
Former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former municipality in Norway. For other uses, see Jostedal (disambiguation).
Jostedal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The 533-square-kilometre (206 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It was located in the Jostedalen valley in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Luster, in Vestland county, north of the village of Gaupne. The administrative centre was also located near the Jostedal Church in the central part of the valley.[3]
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Jostedal Municipality
Jostedal herad | |
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Jostedalen herred (historic name) | |
![]() Short canyon near Jostedalsbreen glacier | |
![]() Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
![]() Jostedal within Sogn og Fjordane | |
Coordinates: 61°35′14″N 07°16′59″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Sogn og Fjordane |
District | Sunnfjord |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
• Succeeded by | Luster Municipality |
Administrative centre | Jostedal |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 533 km2 (206 sq mi) |
Population (1963) | |
• Total | 796 |
• Density | 1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi) |
Demonym | Jostedøl[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1427[2] |
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