Lindås
Lindås Municipality
Lindås kommune | |
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| Lindaas herred (historic name) | |
View of Veland along the Hindnesfjorden | |
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Hordaland within Norway | |
Lindås within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°37′29″N 05°19′42″E / 60.62472°N 5.32833°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Alver Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Knarvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007-2019) | Astrid Aarhus Byrknes (KrF) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 474.99 km2 (183.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 456.14 km2 (176.12 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.85 km2 (7.28 sq mi) 4% |
| • Rank | #213 in Norway |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 15,731 |
| • Rank | #75 in Norway |
| • Density | 34.5/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +15.7% |
| Demonym | Lindåsing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1263 |
Lindås is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020 when it was merged into the new Alver Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Knarvik, located in the southwestern part of the municipality. Other notable villages in the municipality included Alversund, Isdalstø, Lindås, Ostereidet, and Seim. The Mongstad industrial area in extreme northern Lindås has one of the largest oil refineries and largest seaports in Norway. The oil refinery at Mongstad is by far the largest employer in the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 475-square-kilometre (183 sq mi) municipality is the 213th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Lindås is the 75th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 15,731. The municipality's population density is 34.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (89/sq mi) and its population has increased by 15.7% over the last decade.