| Manger | |
| Herad: | yes |
| Former: | yes |
| Idnumber: | 1261 |
| County: | Hordaland |
| District: | Nordhordland |
| Capital: | Manger |
| Established: | 1 January 1838 |
| Preceded: | none |
| Disestablished: | 1 January 1964 |
| Succeeded: | Radøy Municipality |
| Area Total Km2: | 34 |
| Population As Of: | 1963 |
| Population Total: | 1328 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 60.6414°N 5.0414°W |
Manger is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now Alver Municipality in Vestland county. Upon its dissolution in 1964, Manger encompassed . The municipality originally included almost all of the island of Radøy, the northern part of the island of Holsnøy, and all the islands of northern Øygarden. Over time, the municipality was reduced in size several times, so that by 1964, it was just the central part of Radøy island. The administrative centre was the village of Manger where Manger Church is located.[1]
The parish of Manger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1871, the northwestern island district (population: 2,484) was separated to form the new municipality of Herdla. Then on 1 January 1910, the rest of the islands in the west of Manger (population: 986) was separated to form the new municipality of Hjelme. This left Manger with a population of 4,453.[2]
On 1 July 1924, all that was left of Manger was divided into three separate municipalities: the northern part became the new municipality of Bø, the southern part became the new municipality of Sæbø, and the remainder in the center was a much smaller Manger municipality. After this, Manger had a population of 1,426.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and a merged with the following places to form the new Radøy Municipality.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Manger farm (Norse, Old: Mángr) since the first Manger Church was built there. The first element comes from the word which means "seagull". The last element is which means "bay" or "inlet". Thus the name means "seagull bay".[3]
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[4]
The municipal council Norwegian: (Heradsstyre) of Manger was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
. Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt . 1910 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 11 . Kristiania, Norge . 394 . no . Oluf Rygh.