Vindafjord

Vindafjord kommune
Municipality
View of the municipal centre of Ølensjøen
Coat of arms Rogaland within Norway
Vindafjord within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°32′44″N 05°49′05″E / 59.54556°N 5.81806°E / 59.54556; 5.81806Coordinates: 59°32′44″N 05°49′05″E / 59.54556°N 5.81806°E / 59.54556; 5.81806
Country	Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Haugaland
Administrative centre	Ølensjøen
Government
• Mayor (2011)	Ole Johan Vierdal (Sp)
Area
• Total	620.59 km2 (239.61 sq mi)
• Land	598.89 km2 (231.23 sq mi)
• Water	21.70 km2 (8.38 sq mi)
Area rank	179 in Norway
Population (2015)
• Total	8,765
• Rank	128 in Norway
• Density	14.6/km2 (38/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+86.5% %
Demonym(s)	Vindafjording
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1160
Official language form	Nynorsk
Website	www.vindafjord.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Vindafjord is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. Since 2005, the administrative centre of the municipality has been the village of Ølensjøen, prior to that time it was the village of Sandeid. Other villages in the municipality include Bjoa, Imslandsjøen, Ølensvåg, Skjold, Vats, Vikebygd, and Vikedal. The municipality is centered on the Vindafjorden and Sandeidfjorden in the east and it lies north and east of the Skjoldafjorden in the west.

Vindafjord was established as a new municipality on 1 January 1965 after a major municipal merger that resulted from the work of the Schei Committee. The municipality of Sandeid and parts of the municipalities of Vats, Imsland, Skjold, and Vikedal. Initially, Vindafjord had 4,616 residents. On 1 January 1969, the Sponevik farm (population: 6) was transferred from Vindafjord to the neighboring municipality of Tysvær. Then on 1 January 1978, the Vormestrand area along the southern shore of the Vindafjorden (population: 13) was transferred to neighboring Suldal municipality.