Fana (municipality)
Fana is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality was located in the central part of the Bergen Peninsula, south of the city of Bergen. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nesttun. The roughly 200-square-kilometre (77 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1972 when it had 44,402 residents, making it one of the most populous municipalities in the nation. The area of the former municipality encompassed the southern half of the present-day Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, it specifically included the present-day boroughs of Fyllingsdalen, Ytrebygda, and Fana, as well as the southern part of the borough of Årstad.
Fana Municipality
Fana kommune | |
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Former municipality | |
| Fane herred (historic name) | |
View of Nordåsvannet seen from Gamlehaugen (north) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Fana within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°18′58″N 05°21′15″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1972 |
| • Succeeded by | Bergen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Nesttun |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1959-1971) | Jacob L. Berstad |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 204 km2 (79 sq mi) |
| Population (1972) | |
| • Total | 44,402 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Fanabu |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1249 |
The historic Fana Church was the main church for the municipality.