Borgund Municipality
Borgund herad | |
|---|---|
 Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
 Borgund within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°02′55″N 7°48′49″E / 61.0487°N 7.8135°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 1864 |
| • Preceded by | Lærdal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Lærdal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Steinklepp |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 635 km2 (245 sq mi) |
| Demonym | Borgynd[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1423[2] |
Borgund is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the southeastern part of the traditional district of Sogn. The 635-square-kilometre (245 sq mi) municipality existed from 1864 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed an area in the eastern part of the present-day Lærdal Municipality. The administrative center of Borgund was the village of Steinklepp, just northeast of the village of Borgund. Steinklepp was the site of a store, a bank, and a school. The historical Filefjell Kongevegen road passes through the Borgund area.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ "Borgund – Sogn og Fjordane". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2009.