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Lindås Municipality

Former municipality in Hordaland, Norway

Lindås is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 475-square-kilometre (183 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Alver Municipality in the traditional district of Nordhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Knarvik. Other villages in the municipality included Alversund, Isdalstø, Lindås, Ostereidet, and Seim. The Mongstad industrial area in the extreme northern part of Lindås Municipality had one of the largest oil refineries and largest seaports in Norway. The oil refinery at Mongstad was by far the largest employer in the municipality.

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