Vestland
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.
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
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- See also
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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.