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Vestland
Sign in to saveVestland is a county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County Governor is based in Hermansverk. Vestland is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Vestland is referenced by 2,282 other articles, and connects out to Bergen, Nordland and Norway.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.
It is catalogued under topics including 2020 establishments in Norway, Counties of Norway and States and territories established in 2020.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Vestland
- Kommune.fylke
- yes
- Kommune.map
- none
- Kommune.idnumber
- 46
- Kommune.county
- Vestland
- Kommune.district
- Western Norway
- Kommune.capital
- Bergen
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 2020
- Kommune.preceded
- Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane counties
- Kommune.demonym
- Vestlending
- Kommune.language
- Nynorsk
- Kommune.webpage
- vlfk.no
- Kommune.county_mayor
- Jon Askeland
- Kommune.county_mayor_party
- Sp
- Kommune.county_mayor_as_of
- 2020
- Kommune.governor
- Liv Signe Navarsete
- Kommune.governor_party
- Sp
- Kommune.governor_as_of
- 2022
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Official website
Startside - Vestland fylkeskommune
vlfk.no →Link to the official site · 24,081 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county of Norway
- Part of
- Western Norway
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Norway
- Contains
- Alver Municipality
- Capital
- Bergen
- Population
- 633117
- Area
- 1892.57
- Shares border with
- Rogaland
- Official website
- www.vlfk.no
- Image
- Sognefjord - 2013.08 - panoramio.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- inception
- 2020-01-01
- replaces
- Hordaland
- topic's main category
- Category:Vestland
- Commons category
- Vestland
- different from
- Western Norway
- native label
- Vestland
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Government
- Media gallery
- Municipalities
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
Vestland is a county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County Governor is based in Hermansverk. Vestland is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form.
Vestland was created on 1 January 2020, when the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane were merged.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vestland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.