page_title: Flora, Norway
section_title: Name
hierarchical_section_title: Flora, Norway / General information / Name
context_page_description: Flora is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the town of Florø, which was founded in 1860. Florø has 8,957 inhabitants and the Eikefjord area in the east has 387 inhabitants. Other village areas in the municipality included Rognaldsvåg, Stavang, Grov, Norddalsfjord, Nyttingnes, Steinhovden, and Brandsøy.
  At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 693-square-kilometre municipality is the 163rd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Flora is the 96th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,988. The municipality's population density is 18.5 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 5.1% over the last decade.
  The municipality stretched from inner fjords where the mountains ascend to the Ålfotbreen glacier, to the outermost islands off the mainland coast. The town at its centre was both a charming little community, and at the same time a town with busy industries that are developing continuously.
context_section_description: The municipality is named after the farm Flora (Old Norse Flóra) since the town of Florø was built on its ground in 1860.  The name is probably derived from a Germanic root meaning “flat” or “even” (cf. English floor). Flora itself is the accusative/dative case form of “Flore” (Old Norse: Flóri), from which the names Florø and Florelandet are derived. A common misunderstanding is that the name Florø is the Danish word ø (“island”) suffixed to Flora. Although not true, it almost lead to the town being renamed “Florøy” in the 1930s.
caption: Kinn Church
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