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Nesttun
Sign in to saveNesttun is an urban settlement in the borough of Fana in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located approximately south of the city centre of Bergen. It was the centre of the old Fana Municipality, which merged with Bergen Municipality in 1972, and is today the centre of the borough of Fana. Nesttun contains a mall, several smaller shops, a library, and Birkeland Church.
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- Bergen
- Region
- Vestland
- Country
- Norge
- Population
- 35,638
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
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Nesttun is an urban settlement in the borough of Fana in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located approximately south of the city centre of Bergen. It was the centre of the old Fana Municipality, which merged with Bergen Municipality in 1972, and is today the centre of the borough of Fana. Nesttun contains a mall, several smaller shops, a library, and Birkeland Church.
==Climate== A problem facing Nesttun is flooding after heavy rain. In 2005, heavy rain caused the river that flows through the town to break its banks. A 2014 article in Fanaposten said that the municipality has taken too few measures to avoid flooding of the magnitude of the 2005 flooding.
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