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Utsira kommune
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
0.00 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 433
215
0.00 %
-0.9 %
34/km²
Coordinates 59°18′ N 4°53′ E
www.utsira.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway Image File history File links Coat of arms for the municipality of Utsira (kommune), Norway. ... 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 is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... Jump to: navigation, search Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Utsira is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Utsira is an island located in the North Sea, 18 km west of Haugesund. Utsira is also the smallest municipality of Norway. Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1106 Administrative centre Haugesund Mayor (2005) Petter Steen jr. ...


The Utsira church is from 1785. There is also a finding from the Stone Age on the island. 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Stone Age fishing hook. ...


In 2004, Norsk Hydro installed a combined wind power and hydrogen power utility on Utsira. It is a full scale pilot project for energy self-sufficiency for a remote community. In periods when there is surplus wind energy, the excess power will be used for generating hydrogen by electrolysis. The hydrogen is stored, and is available for power generation in periods where there is little wind. Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian oil and energy and integrated aluminium company, headquartered in Oslo. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wind power is the kinetic energy of wind, or the extraction of this energy by wind turbines. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. ... Jump to: navigation, search General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ... I LOVE CHAMI In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a method of separating bonded elements and compounds by passing an electric current through them. ...


External links

  • Municipality web site
  • Map
  • Hydrogen pilot project


Municipalities of Rogaland Rogaland coat of arms

Bjerkreim | Bokn | Eigersund | Finnøy | Forsand | Gjesdal | Haugesund | Hjelmeland |  | Karmøy | Klepp | Kvitsøy | Lund | Randaberg | Rennesøy | Sandnes | Sauda | Sokndal | Sola | Stavanger | Strand | Suldal | Time | Tysvær | Utsira | Vindafjord | Ølen Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The municipality Bjerkreim in the county of Norway, has 2,467 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Jump to: navigation, search County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1145 Administrative centre Bokn Mayor (2003) Alexander Thuestad og 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 Ã…lgÃ¥rd Mayor (2003) Karl Edvard Aksnes (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 179 618 km² 558 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1106 Administrative centre Haugesund Mayor (2005) Petter Steen jr. ... County Rogaland Landscape 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 MjÃ¥tveit (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 Landscape 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. ... County Rogaland Landscape Jæren Municipality NO-1102 Administrative centre Sandnes Mayor (1994) Jostein W. Rovik (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 273 302. ... County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1135 Administrative centre Sauda Mayor (2003) 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. ... Sola is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. ... Jump to: navigation, search County Rogaland Landscape Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (2004) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1130 Administrative centre Jørpeland Mayor (2003) 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. ... The municipality Vindafjord in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 4,827 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1159 Administrative centre Ølen Mayor (2003) Arne BergsvÃ¥g (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 343 181 km² 178 km² 0. ...

Utsira is known as the best birding site in Norway. There are recorded 317 different species on Utsira 23 are new to Norway. http://lokal.utsira.kommune.no/utsira-fuglestasjon


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