Berg Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Troms
- District
- Midt-Troms
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Senja Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Skaland
- Mayor 2015 2019
- Roar Jakobsen ( LL )
- Total
- 293.90 km (113.48 sq mi)
- Land
- 276.35 km (106.70 sq mi)
- Water
- 17.55 km (6.78 sq mi) 6%
- Rank
- # 281 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,001 m (3,284 ft)
- Density
- 3/km (7.8/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −5.7%
- Demonym
- Bergsværing
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
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Encyclopedic overview
Berg is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new Senja Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Skaland. Other villages included Finnsæter, Mefjordvær, and Senjahopen. The municipality was located on the western part of the large island of Senja.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 294-square-kilometre (114 sq mi) municipality was the 281st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Berg Municipality was also the 406th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 888. The municipality's population density was 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.7% over the previous decade.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Berg Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.