Alver

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Alver
Alver (Norway)
Alver
Alver
Basic data
Commune number : 4631
Province  (county) : Vestland
Administrative headquarters: Knarvik
Coordinates : 60 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E
Surface: 679.05 km²
Residents: 29,224  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 43 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Nynorsk
Website:
politics
Mayor : Sara Hamre Sekkingstad  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Vestland
Location of the municipality in the province of Vestland

Alver is a municipality in Fylke Vestland, Norway . It was created in the course of local government reform in Norway on January 1, 2020 by merging Lindås , Meland and Radøy . Its administrative headquarters are in Knarvik .

geography

The municipality is located in the west of the Fylke directly on the coast. It borders in the north-west on Fedje and Austrheim , in the north on Gulen and Masfjorden , in the north-east on Modalen , in the east on Vaksdal and Osterøy , in the south on Bergen and Askøy and in the west on Øygarden , with borders only to Austrheim, Masfjorden and Modalen Land exist.

The coast is strongly divided by fjords, a large part of the municipality is located on peninsulas and islands between the Austfjord in the north, the Oster and Herdlefjord in the south and the Hjeltefjord in the west. The mountains rise in the northeast of the municipality up to 957  moh. high Sørdalsnuten.

Of the 977.36 km² area, 679.05 km² are land and 298.3 km² are water areas.

Surname

The name is derived from the farm name "Alver", which gave the place Alversund north of Knarvik and the local strait Alverstraumen, the connection between Radfjord and Radsund, the name. Alversund is near the point where the three original municipalities met.

traffic

The European route 39 runs through the municipality from Bergen via the Nordhordlandsbrua  to Trondheim . The nearest train station is in Bergen.

Web links

proof

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ↑ Arealstatistikk for Norge on www.kartverket.no, accessed on January 8, 2020
  3. ↑ Note on naming on stadnamn.kartverket.no , accessed on January 8, 2020