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Leirvik
Stord | |
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 View of the town harbour area | |
  Leirvik Location of the town  Leirvik Leirvik (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 59°46′47″N 5°30′02″E / 59.7798°N 5.5005°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Sunnhordland |
| Municipality | Stord Municipality |
| Established as | |
| By (town) | 1997 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.8 km2 (3.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 14,126 |
| • Density | 1,441/km2 (3,730/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Stordabu |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 5417 Stord |
Leirvik is a town and the administrative centre of Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town lies along the southern coast of the large island of Stord, along the Hardangerfjorden. The town gained "town status" in 1997. The town includes the Eldøyane peninsula where the large Kværner Stord industrial area is located.[3]
Leirvik is the regional centre of the traditional district of Sunnhordland, and has many public services and offices such as the Sunnhordland District court and the Sunnhordland Museum, as well as many shops and restaurants. Stord Church and several schools such as Stord Upper Secondary School and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences are all located in the town.[3]
The 9.8-square-kilometre (2,400-acre) town has a population (2019) of 14,126 and a population density of 1,441 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,730/sq mi).[1] The entire municipality has about 18,700 residents in it (2019), so Leirvik has about 75% of the total population of the municipality. Leirvik is also the largest urban area that is located in a municipality where Nynorsk is the preferred language form.
- ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2019). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality". Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Leirvik, Stord (Vestland)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Leirvik – tettsted i Stord" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.