Bjerkreim kommune | |
 | | County | Rogaland | | District | Dalane | | Municipality | NO-1114 | | Administrative centre | Vikeså | | Mayor (2005) | Asbjørn Ramsli (Sp) | | Official language form | Neutral, but the schools and churches use Nynorsk | Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage | Ranked 170
650 km²
577 km²
0.20 % | Population
- Total (2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density | Ranked 306
2,461
0.05 %
1.0 %
4/km² | | Coordinates | 58°39′N 6°8′E | www.bjerkreim.kommune.no
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Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ...
Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ...
Norway may be divided into a number of traditional districts. ...
Dalane is a traditional district in the south-western part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Lund, Sokndal, Eigersund and Bjerkreim. ...
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ...
The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ...
Vikeså is the administrative centre of Bjerkreim municipality, Norway. ...
The Centre Party (Senterpartiet), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1920. ...
Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. ...
Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ...
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Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
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| Coordinates: 58°39′N 6°8′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Bjerkreim is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway, in the southwestern part of the country. The distance to the nearest airport, Stavanger airport in Sola, is approximately 40 minutes by car. Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ...
Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ...
Vestlandet is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. ...
Stavanger Airport is located in the municipality of Sola, Norway, near Stavanger. ...
County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1124 Administrative centre Sola Mayor (2005) Håkon Rege (H) Official language form {{{language}}} Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 408 70 km² 69 km² 0. ...
Nature has been generous in giving Bjerkreim many idyllic places, making Bjerkreim a good place to live by living in a countryside environment, but still relatively close to a major city, Stavanger. With proximity to nature and wildlife, the two and a half thousand inhabitants in Bjerkreim have a total area of 585 km² at their disposal, which includes one of the most important salmon rivers in Norway, Bjerkreimselva. County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (1995-) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ...
Illustration of a male Coho Salmon The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow to 1. ...
The most important livelihoods are agriculture and small-scale industries.
The municiplity has 2 primary schools and 2 kindergartens.
Bjerkreim local council is the authority's highest political committee and has 17 representatives. The executive committee has 5 members, who also make up the authority's planning and economical committee. The mayor leads both the local council and the executive committee. In addition there are 2 different sector committees.
The main means of communication is via European route E39 which passes through the municipality. E39 is the designation of a 1330 km long north-south road in Norway and Denmark, running from Klett just south of Trondheim to Ålborg, via Orkanger, Vinjeøra, Halsa . ...
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Bjerkreim (Norse Bjarkarheimr), since the first church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of björk f 'birch', the last element is heimr m 'homestead, farm'. Old Norse is the Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300. ...
Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ...
Until 1889 the name was written "Birkrem".
Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows a twig of birch. Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ...
External links - The River Bjerkreim (Bjerkreimselva)
- Visit the South region of Rogaland (Reisemaal Soer Vest)
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 | | Bjerkreim | Bokn | Eigersund | Finnøy | Forsand | Gjesdal | Haugesund | Hjelmeland | Hå | Karmøy | Klepp | Kvitsøy | Lund | Randaberg | Rennesøy | Sandnes | Sauda | Sokndal | Sola | Stavanger | Strand | Suldal | Time | Tysvær | Utsira | Vindafjord Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ...
Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ...
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County Rogaland District Haugaland Municipality NO-1145 Administrative centre Føresvik Mayor (2003) Svein Ove Alvestad (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 421 47 km² 45 km² 0. ...
Eigersund is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1141 Administrative centre Finnøy Mayor (2003) Jorunn Strand Vestbø (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 382 104 km² 103 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1129 Administrative centre Forsand Mayor (2003) Ingeborg Søyland (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 139 780 km² 702 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Municipality NO-1122 Administrative centre Ålgård Mayor (2003) Karl Edvard Aksnes (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 179 618 km² 558 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland District Haugaland Municipality NO-1106 Administrative centre Haugesund Mayor (2006) Petter Steen Jr (H) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 403 73 km² 68 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland District Ryfylke Municipality NO-1133 Administrative centre Hjelmeland Mayor (2003) Terje Thornquist (KrF) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 94 1,089 km² 975 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Jæren Municipality NO-1119 Administrative centre Varhaug Mayor (2004) Terje Mjåtveit (Nærbølista) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 297 259 km² 249 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1149 Administrative centre Kopervik Mayor (2004) Kjell Arvid Svendsen (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 313 229 km² 219 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Jæren Municipality NO-1120 Administrative centre Kleppe Mayor (2004) Elfin Lea (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 377 114 km² 102 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1144 Administrative centre Ydstebøhavn Mayor (2004) Ole Olsen (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 432 6 km² 6 km² 0. ...
The municipality Lund in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 3,130 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...
County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1127 Administrative centre Randaberg Mayor (2004) Tom Tvedt (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 425 25 km² 24 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1142 Administrative centre Rennesøy Mayor (2003) Jostein Eiane (KrF) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 413 65 km² 65 km² 0. ...
The bus station Ruten Map showing Sandnes County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1102 Administrative centre Sandnes Mayor (1994) Jostein Rovik(H) Official language form Norwegian Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 273 302. ...
County Rogaland District Ryfylke Municipality NO-1135 Administrative centre Sauda Mayor (2005) Laura Seltveit (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 195 546 km² 509 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Dalane Municipality NO-1111 Administrative centre Hauge i Dalene Mayor (2005) Gudmund Holmen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 279 295 km² 267 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1124 Administrative centre Sola Mayor (2005) Håkon Rege (H) Official language form {{{language}}} Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 408 70 km² 69 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (1995-) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland District Ryfylke Municipality NO-1130 Administrative centre Jørpeland Mayor (2007) Odd William Bøe (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 321 218 km² 195 km² 0. ...
The municipality Suldal in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 3,984 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...
Time is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1146 Administrative centre Aksdal Mayor (2003) Reidar Pedersen (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 232 425 km² 399 km² 0. ...
County Rogaland Landscape Municipality NO-1151 Administrative centre Utsira Mayor (2005) Geir Helge Rasmussen (Bygdalista for Utsira) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 433 6 km² 6 km² 0. ...
The municipality Vindafjord in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 4,827 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...
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