Øygarden

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Øygarden kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms of Øygarden kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Øygarden kommune
Hordaland within
Norway
Øygarden within Hordaland
Øygarden within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°36′39″N 4°49′29″E / 60.61083, 4.82472
Country Norway
County Hordaland
District Midhordland
Municipality ID NO-1259
Administrative centre Tjeldstø
Government
 - Mayor (2003)
Area (Nr. 410 in Norway)
 - Total 67 km² (25.9 sq mi)
 - Land 64 km² (24.7 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 - Total 3,931
 - Density 61/km² (158/sq mi)
 - Change (10 years) 15.8 %
 - Rank in Norway 232
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form Nynorsk
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.oygarden.kommune.no

Øygarden is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.

Øygarden was created as a new municipality January 1, 1964 - after the merger of Hjelme and parts of Herdla.

The municipality consists of a chain of islands north of the municipality Fjell.

[edit] The name

The name is the finite form of øygard m 'row (fence) of islands'. The first element is øy f 'island', the last element is gard m 'fence'.