Åkra

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Åkra is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality centre was Åkrehamn.

It was created by a split from Skudenes on January 1, 1892. The new municipality had a population of 1,962.

On 1 January 1965 Åkra was merged with Avaldsnes, Kopervik, Skudenes, Skudeneshavn, Stangaland and Torvastad to form the new municipality Karmøy. Before the merger Åkra had a population of 6,008.

[edit] References

• Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". (Norwegian)