Austevoll

Austevoll kommune
Municipality
Bekkjarvik harbour
Coat of arms Hordaland within Norway
Austevoll within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°02′16″N 05°16′06″E / 60.03778°N 5.26833°E / 60.03778; 5.26833Coordinates: 60°02′16″N 05°16′06″E / 60.03778°N 5.26833°E / 60.03778; 5.26833
Country	Norway
County	Hordaland
District	Midhordland
Administrative centre	Storebø
Government
• Mayor (2013)	Renate Møgster Klepsvik (Frp)
Area
• Total	117.18 km2 (45.24 sq mi)
• Land	114.23 km2 (44.10 sq mi)
• Water	2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Area rank	373 in Norway
Population (2013)
• Total	4,924
• Rank	206 in Norway
• Density	43.1/km2 (112/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	9.7 %
Demonym(s)	Austevolling
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1244
Official language form	Nynorsk
Website	www.austevoll.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midthordland in Western Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Storebø on the island of Huftarøy. Other villages include Årland, Austevollshella, Bakkasund, Bekkjarvik, Birkeland, Haukanes, Husavik, Kolbeinsvik, Otterå, Våge, and Vinnes.

The municipality consists of several islands located southwest of the city of Bergen. The municipality is considered to be among the ports in the world with the largest ocean-going fishing trawler fleet. Since the 1980s, the offshore oil industry and fish farming industry have both grown to be important industries in Austevoll.

The municipality of Austevoll was established on 1 January 1886 when it was separated from the municipality of Sund. The initial population for the new municipality of Austevoll was 2,396. On 1 January 1964, the southern part of the islands of Selbjørn and Huftarøy (population: 696) was transferred from the municipality of Fitjar to Austevoll. This put the whole Austevoll archipelago in the municipality of Austevoll.