Vestland

This article describes the province in Norway. For the Norwegian region see Vestlandet .

coat of arms	map
Basic data
Country :	Norway
Administrative center :	Bergen / Hermansverk
Area :	33,871 km²
Residents :	636,531 (February 27, 2020)
Population density :	18.8 inhabitants per km²
Municipalities :	43
Internet :	Vestland
politics
Fylkesordfører :	Jon Askeland (2020)
Fylkesmann :	Lars Sponheim

Vestland is a Norwegian province ( Fylke ) that was created on January 1, 2020 from the merger of the provinces of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane without the municipality of Hornindal . The basis was a resolution passed by Storting on June 8, 2017, which provided for a reduction to eleven areas as part of a regional reform . The seat of the Fylkeskommune is Bergen , the seat of the Fylkesmann Hermansverk . There are 65 MPs in the provincial parliament ( Fylkesting ). The administrative language is Nynorsk .

geography

Vestland borders in the north on Møre og Romsdal , in the east on Innlandet and Viken , in the southeast on Vestfold og Telemark and in the south on Rogaland . The province is the central area of the country part Vestlandet .

Vestland's coast is heavily indented by fjords. The largest are the Sognefjord , the Hardangerfjord and the Nordfjord . The Scandinavian Mountains shape the entire province, especially with Jotunheimen and the Hardangervidda . The highest mountain is Store Skagastølstind with 2405  moh. With the Jostedalsbreen , Folgefonna and the Hardangerjøkul there are large mainland glaciers in Vestland.

The European route 39 runs along the coast , the most important west-east road connection is the European route 16 from Bergen to Oslo , which runs parallel to the Bergensbanen for long stretches . The Flåmsbana is important for tourism . The most important airport is Bergen Airport , the next larger is Florø Airport .

politics

The first election for the newly created province took place on September 9, 2019. 494,675 people were eligible to vote.

Results of the Fylkestingswahl

Political party			Results 2019
			be right	%	Seats
	Labor Party (Ap)		63,322	20.4	13
	Conservatives (H)		55,616	17.9	12
	Center Party (Sp)		48,877	15.7	11
	Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger (FNB)		28,236	9.1	6th
	Progressive Party (FrP)		26,686	8.6	6th
	Environment party The Greens (MDG)		22,181	7.1	5
	Socialist Left Party (SV)		19,752	6.4	4th
	Christian People's Party (KrF)		15,179	4.9	3
	Liberals (V)		11,022	3.5	2
	Red (R)		10,656	3.4	2
	Pensjonistpartiet		3,485	1.1	1
	Others		5,630	1.8	0
	total		315.131	100.0	65
	voter turnout			63.7
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Administrative division

Vestland is divided into 43 municipalities. Nine municipalities were created at the same time as the province by amalgamating old municipalities:

• Alver (from Lindås , Meland and Radøy )
• Bjørnafjorden (from Fusa and Os )
• Høyanger (from Høyanger and the town of Nessane in the municipality of Balestrand )
• Chin (from Flora and Vågsøy without Bryggja)
• Sogndal (from Balestrand without Nessane, Leikanger and Sogndal)
• Stad (from Eid , Selje and the town of Bryggja in Vågsøy municipality)
• Sunnfjord (from Førde , Gaular , Jølster and Naustdal )
• Ullensvang (from Jondal , Odda and Ullensvang)
• Voss (from Granvin and Voss)
• Øygarden (from Fjell , Sund and Øygarden).

MØRE OG ROMSDAL INLANDED VIKEN VESTFOLD OG TELEMARK AGDER ROGALAND NORTH SEA Alver Askful Aurland Austevoll Mountains Bjørna- fjords Bremanger Bømlo Eidfjord Etne Fedje Fitjar Fjaler Glopping Gulen Hylle- stad Høyanger chin chin Kvam Kvinn- herad Chandelier Lærdal mass fjords Mo dalen Sogndal Solund City Stord Stryn Sunnfjord Sveio Tys- nes Ullensvang Ulvik Vaks- dal Vik Voss Øygarden Årdal 1 2 3 4th 1: Askøy 2: Austrheim 3: Osterøy 4: Samnanger

Municipality number	map	Surname	Residents (February 27, 2020)	Area (km²)	Speech form	landscape
4601		Mountains	283,929	464.71	neutral	Midthordland
4602		chin	17.207	812.3	Nynorsk	Sunnfjord / Nordfjord
4611		Etne	4062	735.28	Nynorsk	Sunnhordland
4612		Sveio	5766	246.15	Nynorsk	Sunnhordland
4613		Bømlo	11,957	246.57	Nynorsk	Sunnhordland
4614		Stord	18,759	143.73	Nynorsk	Sunnhordland
4615		Fitjar	3189	142.46	Nynorsk	Sunnhordland
4616		Tysnes	2869	255.12	Nynorsk	Sunnhordland
4617		Kvinnherad	13,071	1,090.75	Nynorsk	Sunnhordland
4618		Ullensvang	11,048	3,236.63	Nynorsk	Hardanger
4619		Eidfjord	906	1,491.5	Nynorsk	Hardanger
4620		Ulvik	1080	812.3	Nynorsk	Hardanger
4621		Voss	15,740	2,041.97	Nynorsk	Voss
4622		Kvam	8457	616.93	Nynorsk	Hardanger
4623		Samnanger	2485	269.07	Nynorsk	Midthordland
4624		Bjørnafjorden	24,908	517.41	Nynorsk	Midthordland
4625		Austevoll	5236	117.19	Nynorsk	Midthordland
4626		Øygarden	38,316	314.51	Nynorsk	Midthordland
4627		Askøy	29,553	101.12	neutral	Midthordland
4628		Vaksdal	3977	715.38	Nynorsk	North Hordland
4629		Modals	388	411.99	Nynorsk	North Hordland
4630		Osterøy	8098	255.12	Nynorsk	North Hordland
4631		Alver	29,224	679.05	Nynorsk	North Hordland
4632		Austrheim	2870	57.56	Nynorsk	North Hordland
4633		Fedje	548	9.27	Nynorsk	North Hordland
4634		Masfjorden	1691	556.09	Nynorsk	North Hordland
4635		Gulen	2297	597.22	Nynorsk	Ytre Sogn
4636		Solund	802	228.21	Nynorsk	Ytre Sogn
4637		Hyllestad	1328	258.9	Nynorsk	Ytre Sogn
4638		Høyanger	4101	1,003.04	Nynorsk	Ytre Sogn
4639		Vik	2635	833.23	Nynorsk	Indre Sogn
4640		Sogndal	11,847	1,257.89	Nynorsk	Indre Sogn
4641		Aurland	1781	1,467.7	Nynorsk	Indre Sogn
4642		Lærdal	2126	1,342.53	Nynorsk	Indre Sogn
4643		Årdal	5193	976.59	Nynorsk	Indre Sogn
4644		Chandelier	5174	2,706.35	Nynorsk	Indre Sogn
4645		Askful	3011	326.2	Nynorsk	Sunnfjord
4646		Fjaler	2802	416.59	Nynorsk	Sunnfjord
4647		Sunnfjord	22,030	2,208.13	Nynorsk	Sunnfjord
4648		Bremanger	3629	833.1	Nynorsk	Nordfjord
4649		City	9457	752.78	Nynorsk	Nordfjord
4650		Glopping	5854	1,030.57	Nynorsk	Nordfjord
4651		Stryn	7130	1,382.06	Nynorsk	Nordfjord
46		Vestland	636.531	33,870.98	Nynorsk	Vestlandet

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Vestland shows silver, offset mountains on a blue background, which symbolizes the fjords. The motifs mountain and fjord were previously suggested most frequently by the residents of the new province.

Web links

Commons : Vestland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vestland official website

proof

1. ↑ Nye fylker on www.regjeringen.no, accessed on April 26, 2019
2. ↑ Intensjonsplan for samanslåing av Sogn og Fjordane og Hordaland , accessed on April 26, 2019
3. ^ Vestland fylke. Valg.no, accessed September 14, 2019 (Norwegian). 
4. ↑ Vedtak om grensejustering mellom kommunane Balestrand og Høyanger on www.regjeringen.no, accessed on April 26, 2019
5. ↑ Navn på nye kommuner at www.regjeringen.no, accessed on April 26, 2019
6. ↑ Slik ser det ut: Fylkesvåpen for Vestland endeleg vedtatt on www.vlfk.no from June 13, 2019, accessed on July 13, 2019

Coordinates: 60 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 30 ′  E