Nærbø (municipality)
| Nærbø herad | |
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| Former Municipality | |
Panorama of Nærbø
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 Nærbø herad
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| Coordinates: 58°39′55″N 05°38′16″E / 58.66528°N 5.63778°ECoordinates: 58°39′55″N 05°38′16″E / 58.66528°N 5.63778°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Jæren |
| Municipality ID | NO-1119 |
| Adm. Center | Nærbø |
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| • Total | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Created from | Hå in 1894 |
| Merged into | Hå in 1964 |
Nærbø is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nærbø where the Old Nærbø Church is located. The 65-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality was located in the district of Jæren inside the northern part of the present-day municipality of Hå. The municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964.
The municipality of Nærbø was established in 1894 when the old municipality of Hå was split in half into Varhaug and Nærbø. Initially, Nærbø had 1,806 residents. On 1 January 1964, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On that date, the municipalities of Nærbø (population: 3,926), Varhaug (population: 3,454), and Ogna (population: 1,470).
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