Bydel Årstad City County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele ( H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0.14 % Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  ... Bergen Borough The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). The first part of the code is the ISO 3166-1 country code NO for Norway, the second part is two-digit-numeric (with trailing zeros). The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series... NO-120107 Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an object. Units Units for measuring surface area include: square metre = SI derived unit are = 100 square metres hectare = 10,000 square metres square... Area Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m2 100 hectares 0.386 102 square miles... km² In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Population is studied in a wide variety of ways and disciplines. In population dynamics, size, age and sex structure, mortality, reproductive... Population  - Total ( 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: ) lands on Mars. January 8 - Queen Elizabeth II christens the ) lands on Mars. January 27 - The British government narrowly wins a House of Commons vote on the proposed introduction of tutition top-up fees... 2004)  - Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms, humans in particular. Population density is usually expressed in terms of items or organisms per unit area. Definitions of population density Population density, according to the definition above, depends... Density /km² www.bergen.kommune.no/arstad/

Årstad is a borough of the city of County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele ( H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0.14 % Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  ... Bergen, The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norways famous fjords... Norway. It is located south of the city centre, with a population of around 33,300.

Årstad was a municipality on its own until 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January 12 - The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress. January 12 - United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 – An... 1915, when it was included in the city of Bergen.

Etymology

During the early Viking ages a king of Norway (perhaps king Alfred from around Events First invasion of Italy by Alaric (probable date). The Vandals start their westward trek from Hungary (approximate date). Construction (and therefore occupation) at Great Zimbabwe begins (approximate date). Earliest date of human occupation on Easter Island (approximate date). Chrysanthemums are introduced to Japan (approximate date). Births Hydatius, bishop of... 400) had a farm at the foot of Ulriken (a mountain in County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele ( H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0.14 % Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  ... Bergen, Norway) called Álreksstaðir ( Alrekstad was one of the largest Norwegian kings farm on the west coast. Harald Hairfair took residence there in the tenth century, and after the battle at Fitjar in 1060 king HÃ¥kon the good was on his way to Alrek, but died at HÃ¥konshella. It is even... Alrekstad). It is believed (ref. Norsk Stadnamnleksikon) that the name Álreksstaðir is derived from Ulriken rather than the name Alrekr.

The name Årstad is probably an abbreviation of the word Alrekstad. Strangely, Alrekstad (included in, but not limited to, the place now called Årstadvollen) is not a part of the borough of Årstad.