Vestlandet

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Region (landsdel) of	Norway (Norge)
Capital	N/A
Area	58,582 km²
Population	1,194,445 (2004)
~ density	20.4 inh./km²
4 countiess (fylker):	Møre og Romsdal Sogn og Fjordane Hordaland Rogaland
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Vestlandet is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Møre og Romsdal, altogether 1.2 million people. The largest city is Bergen, second largest is Stavanger. A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or counties) with Svalbard and Jan Mayen. ... The characters N/A (sometimes n/a) are an abbreviation that is mainly used in information tables. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker (BokmÃ¥l) / fylke (Nynorsk); until 1918 known as amt, pl. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or counties) with Svalbard and Jan Mayen. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... 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. ...   is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. ... County NO-14 Region Vestlandet Administrative centre Leikanger County mayor Nils R. Sandal Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 8 18,623 km² 5. ...   is a county in the northernmost part of the Vestlandet region of Norway, and borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. ... 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 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. ...

Vestlandet is one of the wettest regions in Europe, with precipitation in the mountains near the coast of about 3,500 mm per year on average, and exceeding 5000 mm in peak years. In Bergen city the average precipitation is 2,250 mm per year [1]. The wet climate is partly due to the Gulf Stream, which also gives this region a milder winter than other parts of Norway, with rain being more common than snow in the winter. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Map of Norway. ... For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ... Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. ... This article is about precipitation. ... Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. ...

Vestlandet is also notable for the extensive use of the Nynorsk variant of the Norwegian language: Most of the Nynorsk users in Norway (87%) live in Vestlandet. But in spite of this the majority of the inhabitants here (56%) use Bokmål (because Bokmål is predominant in the cities). In Sogn og Fjordane (without larger cities) the use of Nynorsk is predominant (97%), and the users of Nynorsk is also a majority in Møre og Romsdal (54%). But in Hordaland and Rogaland the users of Nynorsk are a minority (respectively 42% and 26%). Nynorsk (literally New Norwegian) is one of the two officially sanctioned orthographic standards of the Norwegian language, the other being BokmÃ¥l. ... Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. ... BokmÃ¥l (lit. ... County NO-14 Region Vestlandet Administrative centre Leikanger County mayor Nils R. Sandal Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 8 18,623 km² 5. ...   is a county in the northernmost part of the Vestlandet region of Norway, and borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. ...   is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ...

Occasionally, the southeastern parts of Rogaland may be considered part of Sørlandet instead. Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ... Sørlandet is the geographical region (landsdel) of the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway. ...

Haukedalsvatnet (lake) in Sogn og Fjordane

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixels, file size: 692 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The lake Haukedalsvatnet in the municipalities Gaular and Førde in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixels, file size: 692 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The lake Haukedalsvatnet in the municipalities Gaular and Førde in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. ...

External links

• Nærøyfjord and Geirangerfjord Unesco world heritage
• Fjords in Western Norway - Startpage

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