Jostedal Municipality
Jostedal herad | |
|---|---|
| Jostedalen herred (historic name) | |
 Short canyon near Jostedalsbreen glacier | |
 Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
 Jostedal within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°35′14″N 07°16′59″E / 61.58722°N 7.28306°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Luster Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Jostedal |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 533 km2 (206 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 796 |
| • Density | 1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Jostedøl[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1427[2] |
Jostedal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The 533-square-kilometre (206 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It was located in the Jostedalen valley in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Luster, in Vestland county, north of the village of Gaupne. The administrative centre was also located near the Jostedal Church in the central part of the valley.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Askheim, Svein, ed. (20 February 2018). "Jostedal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 September 2019.