Årstad is a former municipality in Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

.

The parish of Aarstad was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). It remained a separate municipality until 1 July 1915, when it, as the second of six municipalities over the years, was merged with Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, increasing the area of Bergen municipality from 13.9 km² to 34.9 km². The merger happened after a long political process, following decades of close cooperation between the two municipalities - most of Årstad was included into Bergen Police District in 1808.

See also

• Årstad
• Arna
  Arna (municipality)
  Arna is a former municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Arna, in addition to Fana, Laksevåg and Åsane, was merged with Bergen 1 January 1972. The area of the former municipality is today made up by the borough of Arna....
  
  
• Fana
  Fana (municipality)
  Fana is a former municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of "Fane" was established as a formannskapsdistrikt, the predecessor of today's municipalities , 1 January 1838. Fana, in addition to Arna, Laksevåg and Åsane, was merged with Bergen 1 January 1972...
  
  
• Laksevåg
  Laksevåg (municipality)
  Laksevåg is a former municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Laksevåg, in addition to Arna, Fana and Åsane, was merged with Bergen 1 January 1972. The area of the former municipality is today made up by the boroughs of Laksevåg....
  
  
• Åsane
  Åsane (municipality)
  Åsane is a former municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Åsane, in addition to Arna, Fana and Laksevåg was merged with Bergen 1 January 1972. The area of the former municipality is today made up by the borough of Åsane....