Ølen
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Ølen is a former municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.
It was created on 1 July 1916 by a split from Fjelberg. Before January 1, 2002, Ølen belonged to the county of Hordaland.
Ølen was incorporated into Vindafjord on January 1, 2006, decided by a referendum of February 17, 2003. Before the merger it had a population of 3,426. The coat of arms of the new Vindafjord municipality bears the design of Ølen and the colors of Vindafjord.
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- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". (Norwegian)