Hordaland

Hordaland fylke
Hordaland fylke
	Coonty
	Coat airms
	Hordaland athin Norawa
Kintra	Norawa
Coonty	Hordaland
Region	Vestlandet
Coonty ID	NO-12
Offeecial leid form	Nynorsk
Demonym	Hordalending
Admeenistrative centre	Bergen
Govrenment
•Govrenor	Lars Sponheim; Venstre; (2010–present)
•Coonty mayor	Torill Selsvold Nyborg; Kristelig Folkeparti; (2003–present)
Area (#9 in Norawa, 4.78% o Norawa's land aurie)
• Total	15460 km2(5,970 sq mi)
• Laund	14551 km2(5,618 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	555,000
• Density	36/km2(93/sq mi)
• Chynge (10 years)	7.9 %
• Rank in Norawa	3 (9.72% of country)
Time zone	UTC+01(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02(CEST)
Income (per caipita)	148,300NOK
GDP(per caipita)	263,056NOK(2001)
Naitional Rank:	2 (7.55% o kintra)
Website	www.hordaland.no
	Data frae Statistics Norway

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1769	63,757	—
1900	205,771	+222.7%
1950	308,164	+49.8%
1960	338,265	+9.8%
1970	369,430	+9.2%
1980	388,084	+5.0%
1990	407,427	+5.0%
2000	435,219	+6.8%
2010	477,175	+9.6%
2020?	531,785	+11.4%
2030?	584,196	+9.9%
Source:Statistics Norway [1][2].

Religion in Hordaland^[1]^[2]
religion			percent
Christianity			87.34%
Islam			0.77%
Buddhism			0.22%
Ither			11.67%

Hordaland(help·info)is acoontyinNorawa,borderinSogn og Fjordane,Buskerud,TelemarkanRogaland.Hordaland is the third largest county efterAkershusanOslobi population. The coonty admeenistration is locatit inBergen.Afore 1972, the ceety o Bergen wis its awn separate coonty apairt frae Hordaland.

Aboot the Coonty

The nameHordaland

Hordaland (Auld Norse:Hǫrðaland) is the auld name o the region which wis revivit in modren times. The first element is the pluralgenitive caseohǫrðar,the name o an auldGermanictribe (seeCharudes). The last element islandwhich means "land" or "region".

Till 1919 the name o the coonty wisSøndre Bergenhus amtwhich meant "(the) soothren (pairt o) Bergenhusamt".(The auldBergenhus amtwis creatit in 1662 an wis dividit in 1763.)

Coat o airms

TheCoat o airmswur offeecially grantit on 1 December 1961. They were designed by Magnus Hardeland, but the general design haed been oreginally used in theSunnhordlandregion durin the 14t century. In the early 20t century, leaders o the coonty began uisin the auld airms as a seembol for the coonty ance again. The airms are on a red backgrund an consist o twa gowdenaxesthat are crossed wi a gowdencrounabuin them.^[3]

Flag

The flag o Hordaland shows twa gowden axes an a croun in red. The flag is a banner o thecoat o airmsderivit frae the auld seal o the guild of St. Olav from Onarheim inTysnesmunicipality. This seal wis uised bi the delegates oSunnhordlandin 1344 on the document tae instaw kingHaakon V o Norawa.It wis thus the auldest seembol uised for the region an adaptit as the airms an flag in 1961. The seembols refer tae the patron saunt o the guild,Saunt Olav,King o Norawa, whose seembol is an axe.

The flag was officially granted on December 1, 1961.^[4]

History

Hordaland coonty haes been aroond for mair nor ane thoosan years. Syne the 7t century, the aurie wis made up o monypetty kinricksunner theGulatingan wis kent asHordafylkesyne aroond the year 900. In the early 16t century, Norawa wis dividit intae fowerlen.TheBergenhus lenwis heidquairtered inBergenan encompassed hintle o wastren an northren Norawa.^[5]

In 1662, thelenswur replacit biamts.Bergenhus amtconsistit o Hordaland,Sogn og Fjordane,Sunnmøre,TromsanNordland.In 1763, theamtwis dividit intae northren an soothren pairts:Nordre Bergenhus amtanSøndre Bergenhus amt.Søndre Bergenhus amt wis re-namitHordaland fylkein 1919.^[5]

The ceety oBergenwis classifeed as a ceety-coonty(byamt)frae 1831-1972. Durin that time in 1915, the municipality oÅrstadwis annexed intae Bergen. In 1972, the neebourin municipalities oArna,Fana,LaksevåganÅsanewur annexed intae the ceety o Bergen. At that same time an aw, the ceety o Bergen lost its coonty status, an became a pairt o Hordaland coonty.^[5]

Govrenment

A coonty(fylke)is the chief local admeenistrative aurie inNorawa.The whole kintra is dividit intae 19 counties. A coonty is an election aurie an aw, wi popular votes takkin place ivery 4 years. In Hordaland, 57 members are electit tae form acoonty council(Fylkesting).Heading theFylkestingis the coonty mayor(fylkesordførar).Syne 2003, theHordaland coonty municipalityhaes been led biTorill Selsvold Nyborg,the coonty mayor.

The coonty haes aCoonty Govrenor(fylkesmann)an aw who is the representative o theKeenganGovrenment o Norawa.Lars Sponheimis theCoonty Govrenor o Hordaland.

The municipalities in Hordaland are dividit amang fowerdestrict courts(tingrett):Nordhordland,Sunnhordland,BergenanHardanger.Hordaland is pairt o theGulating Court o Appealdestrict based in Bergen an aw.^[5]

Nordhordland Destrict Court:Askøy,Austevoll,Austrheim,Fedje,Fjell,Fusa,Lindås,Masfjorden,Meland,Modalen,Os,Osterøy,Radøy,Samnanger,Sund,Vaksdal,Voss,ØygardenanGulen
Sunnhordland Destrict Court:Bømlo,Etne,Fitjar,Kvinnherad,Stord,SveioanTysnes
Bergen Destrict Court: the ceety oBergen
Hardanger Destrict Court:Eidfjord,Granvin,Jondal,Kvam,Odda,UllensvangandUlvik

Hardangeris ane o Norawa's maist important sources ofruitan constitutes approximately 40% o the naitional fruit production, includinaiple,ploum,peir,wild cherryanredcurrant.

Maist o the municipalities in Hordaland are pairt o the Hordalandpolis destrict.GulenanSolundinSogn og Fjordanecoonty are pairt o the Hordaland polis destrict an aw.Bømlo,Etne,Fitjar,StordanSveioare a pairt o the"HaugalandanSunnhordland"polis destrict, alang wi aicht ither municipalities inRogalandcoonty.^[5]

Geography

Finse is the heichest point o the Norwegian Railway System, locatit at 1222m. abuin sea level.

Hordaland is semi-circular in shape. It is locatit on thewastren coast o Norawa,split frae soothwast tae northeast bi the lang, deepHardangerfjorden,ane oNorawa's mainfjordsan a great tourist attraction. Aboot hauf o the Naitional pairk oHardangerviddais in this coonty. The coonty includes mony well-kentwaterfawso Norawa an aw, such asVøringsfossenanStykkjedalsfossen.It includes theFolgefonnaanHardangerjøkulen glaciersan aw.

Mair nor 60% o the inhabitants live inBergenan the surroondin aurie. Ither urban or semi-urban centres includeLeirvik,VossanOdda.

Municipalities

In 1837, the coonties wur dividit intae local admeenistrative units each wi their awn govrenments. The number an borders o thesemunicipalitieshae chyngit ower time, an at present there are 33 municipalities in Hordaland.

Municipalities o Hordaland
Key
Askøy Austevoll Austrheim Bergen Bømlo Eidfjord Etne Fedje Fitjar Fjell Fusa Granvin Jondal Kvam Kvinnherad Lindås Masfjorden	Meland Modalen Odda Os Osterøy Øygarden Radøy Samnanger Stord Sund Sveio Tysnes Ullensvang Ulvik Vaksdal Voss

Destricts

Hordaland is conventionally dividit intaetraditional destricts.The inland destricts areHardangeranVossan the coastal destricts areSunnhordland,MidhordlandanNordhordland[sic].Strilelandetis the name o a mair informal region commonly held tae encompass Midhordland an Nordhordland.Strilis a name the inhabitants oBergenapply tae the fowk livin in the traditionally agricultural auries surroondin the ceety.