Ullensvang

coat of arms	map
	Ullensvang
Basic data
Commune number :	4618
Province  (county) :	Vestland
Administrative headquarters:	Odda
Coordinates :	60 ° 19 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 19 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E
Surface:	3,236.63 km²
Residents:	11,048  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	3 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Nynorsk
Website:	ullensvang.herad.no
politics
Mayor :	Roald Aga Haug  ( Ap ) (2019)
Location in the province of Vestland

Ullensvang is a municipality in Fylke Vestland, Norway . The current layout of the municipality was created on January 1, 2020 through the merger of the old Herredskommune Ullensvang with Odda and Jondal . Ullensvang borders in the west on the municipalities Etne , Kvinnherad and, beyond the Hardangerfjord , Kvam , in the north on Voss and Ulvik , in the northeast on Eidfjord , in the southeast on Vinje (Fylke Vestfold og Telemark ) and in the south on Suldal and Sauda (both Fylke Rogaland ). The administrative center is in Odda, before the merger it was in Kinsarvik .

A large part of Ullensvang is located in the Hardangervidda National Park , Europe's largest mountain plateau, whose highest point is 1690  moh. who is Hårteigen .

history

The municipality was called Kinsarvik until 1870. In 1913 Ullensvang was divided into the three municipalities Odda, Ullensvang and Kinsarvik. In 1964 Ullensvang was merged with Åsgrenda from Kvam Heradskommune , Eidfjord Kommune and Kinsarvik Heradskommune (with the exception of the Kvanndal area on the north-west side of the Hardangerfjord). Eidfjord was designated as a separate municipality in 1977.

As a result of the municipal merger, the area of ​​the municipality grew from 1,399 km² to 3,496 km², the population from 3,320 to 11,152 (as of January 1, 2019).

coat of arms

Description : In blue, a silver bar separates three silver lilies .

The coat of arms of the municipality before 2019 only used different colors: red instead of blue and gold instead of silver.

Economy and culture

Ullensvang is Norway's fruit chamber, especially because of the cultivation of apples and sweet cherries. Every summer the cherry festival is held in Lofthus , where the Norwegian championship in cherry stone spitting is held (record: 14.24 meters, S. Kleivkaas).

Every year in May, the Hardanger Music Festival takes place, to which artists from all over the world come to the Hardanger region. The festival is held in honor of the composer Edvard Grieg , who spent many summers in Lofthus.

Sights in the region are the medieval churches of Lofthus (built in 1300) and Kinsarvik (built in 1160), various waterfalls , the flowering season in May, the Agatunet open-air museum , and the museums in Utne and Skredhaugen.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
2. ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Norwegian).