Editing Ullensvang (section)

==History==
[[File:280. Hardanger, Parti af Folgefonnen fra Lofthus - NB bldsa AL0280.jpg|thumb|left|View of the Sørfjorden from Lofthus, looking towards the Folgefonna glacier (c. 1885)]]
On 1 January 1838, the large [[prestegjeld|parish]] of [[Kinsarvik (municipality)|Kinsarvik]] was established as a municipality (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The large parish was made up of the main parish and the annex of Ullensvang. On 1 January 1869, Ullensvang became the main parish and Kinsarvik became an annex to Ullensvang. At this time the municipality changed its name to ''Ullensvang''. On 1 January 1882, a small area of Ullensvang (population: 22) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of [[Kvam|Vikør]]. On 1 July 1913, the municipality of Ullensvang was divided into three parts: the northwestern part became [[Kinsarvik (municipality)|Kinsarvik Municipality]], the southern part became [[Odda Municipality]], and the rest remained as Ullensvang Municipality, albeit much smaller. This left Ullensvang with 1,941 residents.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the following areas were merged into one large municipality: all of Ullensvang Municipality, all of [[Eidfjord Municipality]], and most of [[Kinsarvik (municipality)|Kinsarvik Municipality]] (except for the Lussand-Kvanndal area which went to [[Granvin Municipality]]). The newly enlarged municipality was named Ullensvang. On 1 January 1965, the Åsgrenda area of [[Kvam Municipality]] (population: 61) was transferred to Ullensvang. This new, large municipality of Ullensvang that was created in 1964-1965 was not long-lived. On 1 January 1977, the area that once was [[Eidfjord Municipality]] became its own municipality once again. This left Ullensvang with 3,937 residents.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2020, the three neighboring municipalities of [[Jondal]], [[Odda]], and Ullensvang were merged into a new, larger Ullensvang Municipality. At that time, the [[administrative centre]] was moved from the village of [[Kinsarvik]] to the larger [[Odda (town)|town of Odda]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ullensvang kommune - den nye kommune i Hardanger |url=http://ullensvang.kommune.no/ |access-date=2017-10-24 |language=no}}</ref> On 1 January 2022, the Ytre Bu area of Ullensvang (population: 24) was transferred to the neighboring [[Eidfjord Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-11 |title=Eidfjord kommune vert større! |url=https://www.eidfjord.kommune.no/aktuelt/eidfjord-kommune-vert-storre.6070.aspx |access-date=2021-12-31 |publisher=Eidfjord kommune |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lund |first=Eli |date=2019-04-29 |title=Fylkesmannen er positiv til grensejustering - sender forslag på høyring |url=https://www.hardanger-folkeblad.no/fylkesmannen-er-positiv-til-grensejustering-sender-forslag-pa-hoyring/s/5-22-190691 |access-date=2021-12-31 |work=Hardanger Folkeblad |language=Norwegian}}</ref>