Lindås (village)

Lindås is a village in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located on the Lindås peninsula, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the village of Knarvik and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of the Mongstad industrial area. The village of Hundvin lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of Lindås.

The village was the old administrative centre of Lindås, prior to the 1964 merger that greatly expanded the municipality. Lindås Church is located in the village. The 1.08-square-kilometre (270-acre) village has a population (2013) of 1271, giving the village a population density of 1,177 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,050/sq mi).

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Lindås

Lindås is a municipality in the Nordhordland district in Hordaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Knarvik, located in the southwestern part of the municipality. Other notable villages in the municipality include Alversund, Isdalstø, Lindås, Ostereidet, and Seim. The Mongstad industrial area in extreme northern Lindås has one of the largest oil refineries and largest seaports in Norway. The oil refinery at Mongstad is by far the largest employer in the municipality.

General information

The parish of Lindaas was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 March 1879, the northeastern district of Lindaas was separated to form the new municipality of Masfjorden, leaving 6,374 inhabitants in Lindaas. On 1 January 1910, the northwestern island district of Lindaas was separated to form the new municipality of Austrheim. This left Lindaas with 4,433 residents.

On 1 January 1964, a major municipal merger took place. The following places were merged into one large municipality of Lindås: