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Torvastad
Torvastad is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Haugesund (from 1838 until 1855), and after that it was the village of Torvastad on the island of Karmøy. Today, the area of Torvastad refers to the northern part of the municipality (and island) of Karmøy.〔 Torvastad municipality was originally encompassed the land in the present-day municipalities of Haugesund, Utsira, and Karmøy. The municipality included the northwesternmost part of the mainland of Rogaland county plus the northern part of the island of Karmøy and the islands of Utsira, Røvær, Vibrandsøy, and Feøy. Upon its dissolution in 1965, the municipality was .〔 ==Name== The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Torvastad farm (Old Norse: ''Torfastaðir''), since the first Torvastad Church was built there. The first element is the genitive form of the male name ''Torfi'' and the last element is ''staðir'' which means 'farm'. Thus, the "farm of Torfi".
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