Fjell
Fjell is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Midhordland. The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, the northern part of Store Sotra, Bildøy, Bjorøy, Misje, and Turøy. The administrative centre of Fjell is the village of Straume. Some of the villages in Fjell included Ågotnes, Fjell, Foldnes, Knappskog, Knarrevik, Kolltveit, Landro, and Sekkingstad. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county.
Fjell Municipality
Fjell kommune | |
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Former municipality | |
| Fjeld herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Misje | |
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Hordaland within Norway | |
Fjell within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°20′50″N 05°02′49″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Øygarden Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Straume |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2019) | Marianne S. Bjorøy (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 148.17 km2 (57.21 sq mi) |
| • Land | 141.20 km2 (54.52 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) 4.7% |
| • Rank | #355 in Norway |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 25,204 |
| • Rank | #43 in Norway |
| • Density | 178.5/km2 (462/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +21.2% |
| Demonyms | Fjellsoknar Fjellsokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1246 |
Due to the opening of the Sotra Bridge to the mainland in 1971 and its proximity to the city of Bergen, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to over 25,000 as of 2017. The result is major traffic jams over the bridge every day. The highway that leads to Bergen has reduced the traveling time to only fifteen minutes from the municipal centre at Straume on Litlesotra to the center of Bergen.
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 148-square-kilometre (57 sq mi) municipality is the 355th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Fjell was the 43rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 25,204. The municipality's population density is 178.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (462/sq mi) and its population has increased by 21.2% over the last decade.