NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fylke

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk); until 1918 known as amt, pl. amter / amt), and 433 municipalities (kommune, pl. kommuner / kommunar). The capital Oslo is considered as both a county and a municipality. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... BokmÃ¥l (lit. ... Nynorsk (new Norwegian) is one of the two officially sanctioned written standards of Norwegian. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 kmÂ² 426 kmÂ² 0. ...

There is some political disagreement on whether counties are a practical or indeed necessary level of administration. See politics of Norway for more information. Norwegian politics officially have the structure of a constitutional monarchy, giving the King mainly symbolic power while maintaining a stable Western democracy. ...

List of counties

Below is an alphabetical list of the Norwegian counties with their administrative centres. The county numbers shown in the map belong to the official numbering system ISO 3166-2:NO, which starts from the south east, goes via the inland and the coast, and ends to the north. The number 13 was omitted from the system when Bergen (county no. 13) was merged into Hordaland (county no. 12) in 1972. The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... There are several places named Bergen: Bergen, Norway, the second largest city in Norway Bergen, Belgium, better known by its French name of Mons In Germany: Bergen, Hessen Bergen, Lower Saxony Bergen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp near Bergen, Lower Saxony In the Netherlands: Bergen, North Holland...

County NO-02 Region Ã˜stlandet Administrative centre Oslo County mayor Hildur Horn Ã˜ien (KrF) Area - Total - Percentage Ranked 16 4,918 kmÂ² 1. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 kmÂ² 426 kmÂ² 0. ... County NO-09 Region SÃ¸rlandet Administrative centre Arendal County mayor Oddvar Skaiaa Area - Total - Percentage Ranked 14 9,157 kmÂ² 2. ... Arendal (N 58 27, E 8 56) is a town in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. ... Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0602 Administrative centre Drammen Mayor (2003) Tore Opdal Hansen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 366 137 kmÂ² 135 kmÂ² 0. ... Finnmark (Sami FinnmÃ¡rku) is a county in the extreme north of Norway, bordering Troms, Finland (Lapland), and Russia (Murmansk Oblast). ... County Finnmark Landscape Municipality NO-2003 Administrative centre VadsÃ¸ Mayor (2003) Hauk Johnsen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 77 1,258 kmÂ² 1,234 kmÂ² 0. ... Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering SÃ¸r-TrÃ¸ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. ... County Hedmark Landscape Hedemarken Municipality NO-0403 Administrative centre Hamar Mayor (2004) Einar Busterud (By- og bygdelista - The City and Rural areas Party) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 257 351 kmÂ² 338 kmÂ² 0. ... Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. ... There are several places named Bergen: Bergen, Norway, the second largest city in Norway Bergen, Belgium, better known by its French name of Mons In Germany: Bergen, Hessen Bergen, Lower Saxony Bergen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp near Bergen, Lower Saxony In the Netherlands: Bergen, North Holland... MÃ¸re og Romsdal is a county in the northernmost part of the Vestlandet region of Norway, and borders the counties of SÃ¸r-TrÃ¸ndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. ... County MÃ¸re og Romsdal Landscape Romsdal Municipality NO-1502 Administrative centre Molde Mayor (2005) Jan Petter HammerÃ¸ (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 254 363 kmÂ² 355 kmÂ² 0. ... Nordland is a county in Norway, bordering Troms and Nord-TrÃ¸ndelag. ... County Nordland Landscape Salten Municipality NO-1804 Administrative centre BodÃ¸ Mayor (2005) Odd-Tore Fygle (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 62 1,392 kmÂ² 1,308 kmÂ² 0. ... County NO-17 Region TrÃ¸ndelag Administrative centre Steinkjer County mayor Inger Lise GjÃ¸rv Area - Total - Percentage Ranked 6 22,412 kmÂ² 6. ... Steinkjer is a municipality and town in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, located at the top of the Trondheimsfjord, in the Beitstadfjord fjord inlet. ... Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering SÃ¸r-TrÃ¸ndelag, MÃ¸re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0501 Administrative centre Lillehammer Mayor (2005) SynnÃ¸ve Brenden Klemetrud (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 211 477 kmÂ² 450 kmÂ² 0. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 kmÂ² 426 kmÂ² 0. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 kmÂ² 426 kmÂ² 0. ... Ã˜stfold is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden (VÃ¤stra GÃ¶taland County and VÃ¤rmland), while Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. ... County Ã˜stfold Landscape Municipality NO-0105 Administrative centre Sarpsborg Mayor (2003) Jan O. Engsmyr (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 238 406 kmÂ² 370 kmÂ² 0. ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ... County Rogaland Landscape JÃ¦ren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (2004) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 406 71 kmÂ² 68 kmÂ² 0. ... County NO-14 Region Vestlandet Administrative centre Leikanger County mayor Nils R. Sandal Area - Total - Percentage Ranked 8 18,623 kmÂ² 5. ... The municipality Leikanger in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, has 2,199 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... SÃ¸r-TrÃ¸ndelag is a county in the area TrÃ¸ndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-TrÃ¸ndelag, MÃ¸re og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. ... County SÃ¸r-TrÃ¸ndelag Landscape Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2005) Rita Ottervik (A) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 258 342 kmÂ² 322 kmÂ² 0. ... Telemark is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. ... County Telemark Landscape Grenland Municipality NO-0806 Administrative centre Skien Mayor (2005) Rolf Erling Andersen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 140 779 kmÂ² 719 kmÂ² 0. ... Troms is a county in northern Norway, bordering Finnmark and Nordland. ... County Troms Landscape Municipality NO-1902 Administrative centre TromsÃ¸ Mayor (2004) Herman Kristoffersen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 18 2,566 kmÂ² 2,519 kmÂ² 0. ... County NO-10 Region SÃ¸rlandet Administrative centre Kristiansand County mayor Thore Westermoen Area - Total - Percentage Ranked 15 7,276 kmÂ² 2. ... County Vest-Agder Landscape SÃ¸rlandet Municipality NO-1001 Administrative centre Kristiansand Mayor (2004) Jan Oddvar Skisland (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 287 277 kmÂ² 259 kmÂ² 0. ... Vestfold is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. ... County Vestfold Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0704 Administrative centre TÃ¸nsberg Mayor (2004) Per Arne Olsen (FrP) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 381 107 kmÂ² 106 kmÂ² 0. ...

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