Fusa

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Location of Fusa in Hordaland
Fusa coat of arms

Fusa was a municipality in the Norwegian Fylke Hordaland (2020 part of Vestland become). The administrative center was in Eikelandsosen. As part of the municipal reform in Norway , Fusa and Os were merged to form the new municipality of Bjørnafjorden on January 1, 2020 .

3861 inhabitants lived on an area of ​​378 km² (as of January 1, 2019). The municipality number was 1241. The last mayor was Hans S Vindenes ( Sp ).

Fusa bordered the municipality of Samnanger to the north, Kvam to the east and Kvinnherad to the south . In the west lay the Bjørnafjord and the Fusafjord and beyond them the municipalities of Tysnes and Os . The municipality was part of the Midthordland region . The municipality ranged from sea level to an altitude of 1719  moh.

history

Fusa was part of Ous herad in the period from 1837 to 1854 together with Samnanger and Os . Fusa emerged as an independent municipality in 1855.

Web links

Commons : Fusa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Norwegian).

Coordinates: 60 ° 14 ′ 50 ″  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 26 ″  E