Samnanger Municipality
Samnanger kommune | |
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 View of Kvittingen valley area | |
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 Vestland within Norway | |
 Samnanger within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 60°24′10″N 05°48′20″E / 60.40278°N 5.80556°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1907 |
| • Preceded by | Os Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tysse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Karl Bård Kollbotn (FrP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 269.07 km2 (103.89 sq mi) |
| • Land | 257.41 km2 (99.39 sq mi) |
| • Water | 11.66 km2 (4.50 sq mi) 4.3% |
| • Rank | #274 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 2,495 |
| • Rank | #251 in Norway |
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +2.5% |
| Demonym | Samning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4623[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Samnanger (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsɑ̂mnɑŋər]) is a municipality in the Midhordland region of Vestland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tysse. Other main villages in the municipality include Haga and Bjørkheim in Nordbygda. The municipality is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. It surrounds the inner part of the Samnangerfjorden and the surrounding valleys. There are mountains that surround the municipality. The development of hydroelectric power plants started here in 1909.
The 269-square-kilometre (104 sq mi) municipality is the 274th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Samnanger is the 251st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,495. The municipality's population density is 9.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (25/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.5% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Samnanger be closed.[6]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Fjelltveit, Ingvild; Raunholm, Per Vidar (20 December 2016). "Foreslår å legge ned 17 lensmannskontor i Vest politidistrikt". NRK Hordaland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 October 2017.