Fjell
| Fjell kommune | |||
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| Municipality | |||
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 Fjell within Hordaland |
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| Coordinates: 60°20′50″N 05°02′49″E / 60.34722°N 5.04694°ECoordinates: 60°20′50″N 05°02′49″E / 60.34722°N 5.04694°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Hordaland | ||
| District | Midhordland | ||
| Administrative centre | Straume | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2015) | Marianne S. Bjorøy (A) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 148.11 km2 (57.19 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 141.13 km2 (54.49 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 357 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 23,852 | ||
| • Rank | 44 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 169/km2 (440/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 21.6 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Fjellsoknar Fjellsokning |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1246 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www |
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Fjell is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Midhordland. The municipality consists of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, the northern part of Store Sotra, Bildøy, Bjorøy, Misje, and Turøy. The administrative centre of Fjell is the village of Straume. Some of the villages in Fjell include Ågotnes, Fjell, Foldnes, Knappskog, Knarrevik, Kolltveit, Landro, and Sekkingstad.
Due to the opening the Sotra Bridge to the mainland in 1971 and its proximity to the city of Bergen, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to over 23,000, and as of 2008 it has one of the highest population growth rates in Norway. The result is major traffic jams over the bridge every day. A highway that leads to Bergen has reduced the traveling time to only fifteen minutes from the community centre at Straume on Litlesotra to the center of Bergen.
The parish of Fjæld was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1964, the islands of Misje and Turøyna (population: 404) were transferred from the municipality of Herdla to the municipality of Fjell. The municipal boundaries have not changes since that time.
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