Fedje kommune | | | | County | Hordaland | | District | Nordhordland | | Municipality | NO-1265 | | Administrative centre | Fedje | | Mayor (2003) | Erling Walderhaug(H) | | Official language form | Nynorsk | Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage | Ranked 431
9 km²
9 km²
0.00 % | Population
- Total (2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density | Ranked 424
661
0.01 %
-7.3 %
73/km² | | Coordinates | 60°46′N 4°43′E | www.fedje.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). ...
Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. ...
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Nordhordland is a landscape in the western part of Norway, consisting of the northern regions of the county Hordaland. ...
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ...
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Fedje is a small municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The main island of Fedje is surrounded by about 125 smaller islands and rocks mostly north of the main island, and the name Fedje applies both to the main island, and to all the islands and rocks as a whole. Fedje is an island, covering a total area of about 7.4 km². If you count the main island and the smaller islands the area is of about 9.4 km². It has a population of approximately 660 people. Fedje has two whaling ships, and is famous for its fisheries.
The name
The Norse form of the name was Feðjar. The meaning of the name is unknown. Norse is related to Scandinavia, and may mean: Ancient Norse mythology Medieval Norsemen, i. ...
Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1990). It shows two oars. OAR is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: An abbreviation of the term Original Aspect Ratio. ...
The Islands The best known smaller island is called Holmengrå. Holmengrå has a 16-metre tall lighthouse. In the southern part of Fedje which is called Stormark, there is a lighthouse called Hellisøy fyr, maybe the most famous feature of Fedje. Hellisøy fyr was built in 1855, and is 32.3 metres tall, painted red and white. Fedje travel information The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...
The People The population of the island community is decreasing due to the high percentage of people over 60 years (25% as of January 1, 2003), and because many people decide to move from the island, many because of the lack of work. Most of the people live on the lagoon-like northern part of the island, in the vicinity of the grocery shop, the church and the ferry. Fedje is inhabited by many fishermen and whalers, who represent the most important industries on the island. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
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Infrastructure There is an important traffic-station on Fedje. The station surveils the coastal sea-traffic. The island is supplied with power, telephone and internet cables from an underwater pipe connected to the mainland. A ferry, crossing 20 times a day, connects Fedje to the mainland. The voyage lasts for about 30 minutes. Fedje is about a 1 hour 40 minute drive (including a 30-minute ferry voyage) from the city of Bergen. The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
County Hordaland District 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. ...
Geography The highest point on Fedje is the 47 meter high hill called Fedjebjørnen. The largest lake is Storevatnet. Fedjebjørnen is the highest mountain on the island of Fedje, Norway. ...
Education Fedje has an elementary school, and a junior high school, both of which are situated in the center of the island, and in the same building. The school is also used as a movie theatre twice a week.
Sports The main sporting activity on Fedje is football, which can be played on the football grounds in the eastern part of the island. The football ground is also the home ground of the local football team called Fedje A-lag. The club is currently playing in the Norwegian 6th division. Swimming is also popular, as there is a beautiful beach located on Fedje, which is to be found in the centre of the island on the shoreline of Lake Husavatnet. The water is clean and brackish, as a freshwater spring runs out in the vicinity of the beach. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
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History There are traces of human activity on Fedje from as long as 4,000 years ago. In the 1700s, Fedje was an important trading place, with the small island Kræmmerholmen being the location where the trading took place. Kræmmerholmen was reopened in 1991, and is now a restaurant/hotel/museum area, as well as the location where one can buy whale meat. Fedje was previously a substantial producer of peat. The peat led to the construction of Norway's first railway. The railway was given up together with the peat industry in 1920. Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ...
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During the Second World War Fedje was occupied by over 300 German soldiers. There are still remains of the German cannons and bunkers all over the island, especially in the northern part close to the traffic station, which is actually built on the remains of a German radar station. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
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In February 1945 a German submarine called U-864 was sunk by British naval forces outside western Fedje. The U-boat was, unfortunately for the environment, loaded with 70 tons of mercury. The mercury, which was being shipped to Japan, is now resting on the bottom of the North Sea 150 metres below the surface, as a potential environmental disaster like the Minamata disaster in Japan, in the 1960s. German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ...
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Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. ...
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County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1247 Administrative centre Kleppestø Mayor (2003) Kari Manger (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 386 100 km² 94 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1244 Administrative centre Storebø Mayor (2003) Helge André Njåstad (Frp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 376 117 km² 114 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Nordhordland Municipality NO-1264 Administrative centre Austrheim Mayor (2003) Ole Lysø (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 420 57 km² 57 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District 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. ...
County Hordaland District Sunnhordland Municipality NO-1219 Administrative centre Svortland Mayor (2003) Inge Reidar Kallevåg (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 307 246 km² 235 km² 0. ...
Eidfjord is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. ...
County Hordaland District Haugaland Municipality NO-0434 Administrative centre Etnesjøen Mayor (2003) Amund Enge (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 148 735 km² 693 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Sunnhordland Municipality NO-1222 Administrative centre Fitjar Mayor (2003) Agnar Aarskog (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 361 143 km² 135 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1246 Administrative centre Straume Mayor (2003) Jan Utkilen (Sotralista) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 358 148 km² 141 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1241 Administrative centre Eikelandsosen Mayor (2003) Hans S Vindenes (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 246 379 km² 355 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Hardanger Municipality NO-1234 Administrative centre Granvin Mayor (2003) Olav Seim (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 325 213 km² 205 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Municipality NO-1227 Administrative centre Jondal Mayor (2003) John Skogseth (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 326 210 km² 199 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Municipality NO-1238 Administrative centre Norheimsund Mayor (2003) Astrid Kristin Selsvold (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 180 616 km² 580 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Sunnhordland Municipality NO-1224 Administrative centre Rosendal Mayor (2003) Bjarne Berge (Tverrpol. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Nordhordland Municipality NO-1263 Administrative centre Isdalstø Mayor (2003) Tove Linnea Brandvik (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 213 476 km² 457 km² 0. ...
The municipality Masfjorden in the county of Hordaland, Norway, has 1,763 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...
Meland is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Nordhordland Municipality NO-1252 Administrative centre Modalen Mayor (2003) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 236 412 km² 381 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Hardanger Municipality NO-1228 Administrative centre Odda Mayor (2003) Toralv Mikkelsen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 42 1,616 km² 1,478 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1243 Administrative centre Osøyro Mayor (2005) Terje Søviknes ( Frp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 364 140 km² 134 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Municipality NO-1253 Administrative centre Lonevåg Mayor (2003 Kari F. Aakre) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 288 275 km² 270 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Nordhordland Municipality NO-1260 Administrative centre Manger Mayor (2003) Olav Steinar Namtvedt (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 379 112 km² 107 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1242 Administrative centre Tysse Mayor (2003) Marit A. Aase (KrF) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 290 269 km² 258 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Sunnhordland Municipality NO-1221 Administrative centre Leirvik Mayor (2003) Magne Rommetveit (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 360 144 km² 137 km² 0. ...
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The municipality Sveio in the county of Hordaland, Norway, has 4,683 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Sunnhordland Municipality NO-1223 Administrative centre Uggdal Mayor (2003) Helge Hauge (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 299 255 km² 245 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Hardanger Municipality NO-1231 Administrative centre Kinsarvik Mayor (2003) Solfrid Borge (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 61 1,399 km² 1,287 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Hardanger Municipality NO-1233 Administrative centre Ulvik Mayor (2003) Jon Olav Heggseth (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 153 721 km² 670 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Municipality NO-1251 Administrative centre Dalekvam Mayor (2003) Øivind Olsnes (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 154 716 km² 684 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland District Municipality NO-1235 Administrative centre Vossevangen Mayor (2003) Bjørn Christensen (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 38 1,806 km² 1,732 km² 0. ...
County Hordaland Landscape Municipality NO-1259 Administrative centre Tjeldstø Mayor (2003) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 410 67 km² 64 km² 0. ...
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