Hordaland

Hordaland County
Hordaland fylke
Hardangerfjord in July 2012
Hardangerfjord in July 2012
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland County is located in Hordaland
Hordaland County
Hordaland County
Hordaland County is located in Norway
Hordaland County
Hordaland County
Coordinates: 60°15′N 06°00′E / 60.250°N 6.000°E / 60.250; 6.000
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictWestern Norway
Established1763
 • Preceded byBergenhus amt
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byVestland county
Administrative centreBergen
Government
 • BodyHordaland County Municipality
 • Governor (2010-2019)Lars Sponheim (V)
 • County mayor
   (2015-2019)
Anne Gine Hestetun (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
15,460 km2 (5,970 sq mi)
 • Land14,551 km2 (5,618 sq mi)
 • Water909 km2 (351 sq mi)  5.9%
 • Rank#9 in Norway
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
508,500
 • Rank#3 in Norway
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +7.9%
DemonymHordalending[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-12[3]
Income (per capita)148,000 kr (2001)
GDP (per capita)263,000 kr (2001)
GDP national rank#2 in Norway
(7.55% of country)

Hordaland (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhɔ̂rdɑlɑn] ) was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipality, which is located in Bergen. Before 1972, the city of Bergen was its own separate county, apart from Hordaland. On 1 January 2020, the county was merged with neighbouring Sogn og Fjordane county, to form the new Vestland county.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.