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Nordhordland

Nordhordland
District
Mo, Modalen
Coordinates: 60°39′N 05°16′E / 60.650°N 5.267°E / 60.650; 5.267Coordinates: 60°39′N 05°16′E / 60.650°N 5.267°E / 60.650; 5.267
Country Norway
County Hordaland
Region Vestlandet
Adm. Center Knarvik
Area
 • Total 2,686 km2 (1,037 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 42,365
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)

Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway. The district consists of the northern portion of Hordaland county, north of the city of Bergen. It includes the municipalities Austrheim, Fedje, Lindås, Masfjorden, Meland, Modalen, Osterøy, Radøy and Vaksdal. The district roughly corresponds to the Nordhordland prosti, a Church of Norway deanery and to the municipalities in the Nordhordland District Court. Historically, the municipality of Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane county to the north was included in the district.

The meaning of the name is "the northern part of Hordaland". (See also Sunnhordland.)

The landscape of Nordhordland is mountainous, but the mountains are not as high as in other areas. The only areas with mountains over 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) tall are in Vaksdal, Modalen, and Masfjorden. The highest peak in the district is in Modalen: the mountain Runderabben, reaching a height of 1,292 metres (4,239 ft) above sea level.

The fjords in the outer regions generally run in a northwesterly-southeasterly run. The main fjords in the district are the Hjeltefjorden in the outermost part and the Fensfjorden and Masfjorden in the north. The Osterfjorden-Romarheimsfjorden runs through the central part of the district.


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