Bremanger Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Vestland
- District
- Nordfjord
- Established
- 1 Jan 1866
- Preceded by
- Kinn Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Svelgen
- Mayor 2019
- Anne Kristin Førde ( Ap )
- Total
- 833.12 km (321.67 sq mi)
- Land
- 786.43 km (303.64 sq mi)
- Water
- 46.69 km (18.03 sq mi) 5.6%
- Rank
- # 138 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,670.26 m (5,479.9 ft)
- Density
- 4/km (10/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −14.1%
- Demonym
- Bremangar
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Bremanger is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village of Svelgen is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages include Bremanger, Berle, Davik, Isane, Kalvåg, Rugsund, and Ålfoten. Bremanger is the only municipality in Vestland, which is located in two districts. The northern and eastern parts comprising the villages of Oldeide, Berle, Rugsund, Davik, Isane, and Ålfoten is located in the Nordfjord region, while the villages of Bremanger, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Sørgulen, and Botnane are located in the Sunnfjord region. Politically, the municipality works with the Nordfjord region in the council of Nordfjord municipalities.
The 833.12-square-kilometre (321.67 sq mi) municipality is the 138th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Bremanger Municipality is the 220th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,361. The municipality's population density is 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 14.1% over the previous 10-year period.
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