Bruvik

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Bruvik kommune
Former Municipality
Country	Norway
Region	Vestlandet
County	Hordaland
District	Midhordland
Adm. Center	Bruvik
Merged with	Vaksdal and Osterøy in 1964

Not to be confused with Trygve Bruvik or Olav Bruvik.

Bruvik in Osterøy, seen from the top of Brøknipa

Bruvik is a village and former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located in south-eastern coastline of the Osterøy island, at the fjord of Sørfjorden.

The parish of Haus was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), including the annex Bruvik. On January 1, 1870 Bruvik with 2,062 inhabitants was separated from Haus to form a municipality of its own. On 1 January 1964 the district of Bruvikbygda with 409 inhabitants were merged with parts of Haus, Hamre and Hosanger to create the new municipality Osterøy. The rest of Bruvik, with 5,264 inhabitants, was merged with a part of Evanger and a part of Modalen to create the new municipality Vaksdal.

References

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

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Coordinates: 60°28′N 5°39′E / 60.467°N 5.650°E / 60.467; 5.650

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