Etne

Historie

Etne is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland, although it is also sometimes considered to be part of the district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Etnesjøen. Other villages in the municipality include Skånevik and Fjæra. The two largest villages in the municipality are Etnesjøen with 1,159 residents and Skånevik with 594 residents (all figures from 1 January 2015).Etne is situated south of the city of Bergen and it borders the municipalities of Kvinnherad, Odda, Sauda, Suldal, and Vindafjord, the three latter in the county of Rogaland.A Norwegian motion picture called United was shot in Etne with local people as actors.General informationEtne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Originally, Etne encompassed the area around the Etnefjorden and the surrounding valleys. On 1 January 1965, the neighboring municipality of Skånevik was dissolved and merged into its neighboring municipalities due to the recommendations of the Schei Committee. All of Skånevik located south of the Åkrafjorden and east of the village of Åkra on the north side of the fjord was merged into Etne.