Hordabø

Hordabø is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 40 km2 municipality, which existed from 1924 until 1964, was located on the northern part of the island of Radøy in the present-day Alver Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Bøvågen, where Hordabø Church is located.

History
On 1 July 1924, the old Manger Municipality was split into three separate municipalities: Bø in the northern part, (a much smaller) Manger in the central part, and Sæbø in the southern part. The municipality, which was known as Bø at that time, had a population of 1,938. On 13 March 1925 the name was changed by royal resolution from Bø to Hordabø.

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.
 * all Hordabø Municipality (population: 1,679)
 * all Manger Municipality (population: 1,344)
 * the island of Bognøy from Herdla Municipality (population: 29)
 * most of Sæbø Municipality, except the Titland area on the Lindås peninsula (population: 916)
 * the Sletta area on the island of Radøy from Lindås Municipality (population: 305)
 * the Straume area on the island of Radøy and the small island of Fesøy from Austrheim Municipality (population: 56)

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Bø farm (Bœr) since the first Bø Church was built there. The name comes from the word which means "farm" or "farmhouse". Historically, the name of the municipality was Bø. On 13 March 1925, a royal resolution changed the name of the municipality to Hordabø. The prefix Horda- was added to distinguish this "Bø" from several other municipalities with the same name. The prefix comes from the word which is the Old Norse name for the people from Hordaland.

Government
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.

Municipal council
The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Hordabø was made up of 19 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: