There are 16 metropolitan regions ("Byregioner", City Regions) in Norway. Seven of them count as Storbyregioner or "Greater City Regions". The Regions of Norway and Counties of Norway partitions are more frequently seen used in Norway. Norway is divided into five major regions (landsdeler): Sørlandet Østlandet (Austlandet) Vestlandet Trøndelag Nord-Norge (Nord-Noreg) These divisions are by convention, based on geographical and also dialectical differences. ... 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). ...
Greater Oslo Region (Stor-Oslo-regionen in Norwegian) is a statistical metropolitan region surrounding the Norwegian capital of Oslo. ... Greater Oslo is a metropolitan region around the Norwegian capital of Oslo. ... The Lower Glomma Region (Nedre Glomma-regionen) is a statistical metropolitan region in Østfold in southeastern Norway. ... Kristiansand Region is a statistical metropolitan region in the counties of Vest-Agder (population: 137,527) and Aust-Agder (14,442) in southern Norway. ... Stavanger Region is a statistical metropolitan region in the county of Rogaland in southwestern Norway. ... Bergen Region is a statistical metropolitan region in the county of Hordaland in southwestern Norway. ... The Trondheim Region is a statistical metropolitan region in the counties of Sør-Trøndelag (population: 207,401) and Nord-Trøndelag (22,710) in Norway. ... Tromsø Region is a metropolitan region in Troms, Norway and consists of only two municipalities: Tromsø (population: 61,897) and Karlsøy (2,406). ...
A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The division into regions is, by convention, based on geographical and also dialectical differences, but it also follows the county borders approximately.
The region Midt-Norge (Midt-Noreg) is often used as a synonym to Trøndelag, but Midt-Norge also normally includes the parts of Møre og Romsdal that belong to the diocese of Nidaros (approximately Nordmøre and Romsdal, but not Sunnmøre).
Kristiansand Region is a statistical metropolitanregion in the counties of Vest-Agder (population: 137,527) and Aust-Agder (14,442) in southern Norway.
The Trondheim Region is a statistical metropolitanregion in the counties of Sør-Trøndelag (population: 207,401) and Nord-Trøndelag (22,710) in Norway.
Larvik/Sandefjord Region is a metropolitanregion in the county of Vestfold in southeastern Norway.
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