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Bremanger Municipality

Bremanger kommune
Municipality
Grotle beach Bremanger.jpg
Coat of arms of Bremanger kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Bremanger kommune
Sogn og Fjordane within
Norway
Bremanger within Sogn og Fjordane
Bremanger within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°48′31″N 05°25′15″E / 61.80861°N 5.42083°E / 61.80861; 5.42083Coordinates: 61°48′31″N 05°25′15″E / 61.80861°N 5.42083°E / 61.80861; 5.42083
Country Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Nordfjord
Administrative centre Svelgen
Government
 • Mayor (2011) Karl Vidar Førde (Sp)
Area
 • Total 832.27 km2 (321.34 sq mi)
 • Land 786.40 km2 (303.63 sq mi)
 • Water 45.87 km2 (17.71 sq mi)
Area rank 132 in Norway
Population (2013)
 • Total 3,945
 • Rank 236 in Norway
 • Density 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -3.2 %
Demonym(s) Bremangar
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1438
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.bremanger.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Bremanger is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village of Svelgen is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages include Bremanger, Berle, Davik, Isane, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Rugsund, and Ålfoten. Bremanger is the only municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, which is located in two districts. The northern and eastern parts comprising the villages of Oldeide, Berle, Rugsund, Davik, Isane, and Ålfoten is located in the Nordfjord region, while the villages of Bremanger, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Sørgulen, and Botnane are located in the Sunnfjord region. Politically, the municipality works with the Nordfjord region in the council of Nordfjord municipalities.

Bremanger has many tourist destinations such as Kalvåg, which has one of the largest and best-kept waterfront environment in the county, the Grotlesanden ocean beach, the Hornelen mountain, with the tallest sea cliff in Northern Europe, Rock carvings at Vingen, and the old trading stations of Rugsund and Smørhavn.

The new Vinge Tunnel was completed in 2013 to more easily connect the outer islands of Bremanger to the municipal centre of Svelgen. The Skatestraum Tunnel and Rugsund Bridge connect the islands to the mainland.

Valleys in the municipality include Førdedalen.

The parish of Kinn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The northern district of Kinn was established as the parish (prestegjeld) of Bremanger within the municipality of Kinn in 1864. On 1 January 1866, the parish of Bremanger became a separate municipality with a population of 1,852. The Bremanger parish was sub-divided into new sub-parishes in the early 1900s. Midtgulen sub-parish was created in 1903 and Bremangerpollen in 1908. On 1 January 1964, the Husefest and Breivik farms were transferred from Bremanger to the neighboring municipality of Flora.


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