Mosterøy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mosterøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre was Askje.

It was created by a split from Rennesøy municipality on 1 July 1884. The new municipality had a population of 1,309. On 1 January 1923 a group of outlying islands were separated from Mosterøy to form a separate municipality Kvittingsøy. The split left Mosterøy with 745 inhabitants.

On 1 January 1964 Mosterøy was reunited with Rennesøy. Prior to the merger Mosterøy had a population of 817.

[edit] References

Coordinates: 59°05′N 5°38′E