Utsira
| Utsira kommune | |||
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| Municipality | |||
View of the Utsira harbor
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 Utsira within Rogaland |
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| Coordinates: 59°18′26″N 04°53′10″E / 59.30722°N 4.88611°ECoordinates: 59°18′26″N 04°53′10″E / 59.30722°N 4.88611°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Rogaland | ||
| District | Haugaland | ||
| Administrative centre | Utsira | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2012) | Marte Eide Klovning (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6.33 km2 (2.44 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 6.30 km2 (2.43 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 0.03 km2 (0.01 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 427 in Norway | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 206 | ||
| • Rank | 428 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 32.7/km2 (85/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -3.3% % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Sirabu | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1151 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Utsira is one of the smallest municipalities in Norway. The island municipality is located in northwestern Rogaland county, just off the western coast of Norway. Utsira is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. Utsira is the smallest municipality of Norway by population and it is the second smallest municipality by area (after the nearby island municipality of Kvitsøy).
The municipality consists of the main island of Utsira as well as several small, uninhabited outlying islands. Utsira is located in the North Sea, about 18 kilometres (11 miles) west of the town of Haugesund. All of the 206 residents (as of 2015[update]) live on the main island of Utsira, where the administrative centre and Utsira Church is located.
The municipality of Utsira was established on 1 July 1924 when it was separated from the municipality of Torvastad. Initially, Utsira had 414 residents. The municipal borders have not changed since that time.
The municipality was named after the island of Utsira which makes up the vast majority of the municipality. The Old Norse forms of the island's name was just Síri (nominative) or Síra (genitive). The first element ut was added in the 16th century (ut means "out" or "offshore" / compare to the "Out Skerries" in Shetland).
The inhabitants still call the island Sira (leaving off the ut prefix) and an inhabitant of the municipality is called a sirabu. The meaning of the name Sira is unknown (maybe "strong stream"). (Sira is also the name of the border river between Rogaland and Vest-Agder counties.)
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