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Voss Municipality

municipality in Vestland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Vestland
District: Voss
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Vossavangen
Mayor 2023: Tonje Såkvitne ( Sp )
Total: 2,041.96 km (788.41 sq mi)
Land: 1,957.71 km (755.88 sq mi)
Water: 84.25 km (32.53 sq mi) 4.1%
Rank: # 35 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,575.92 m (5,170.3 ft)
Density: 8/km (21/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +9.2%
Demonyms: Vossing, Voss (male), Vosse (female)
Norwegian form: Nynorsk
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Voss (pronunciation) is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Voss. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossavangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Djønno, Evanger, Granvin, Kvitheim, Klyve, Kvitheim, Kyte, Mjølfjell, Nordheim, Oppheim, Stalheim, Vinje, and Ygre.

The 2,042-square-kilometre (788 sq mi) municipality is the 35th largest by area of Norway's 357 municipalities. Voss Municipality is Norway's 77th most populous municipality, with a population of 16,436. Its population density is 8 inhabitants per square kilometre (21/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.2% over the previous ten-year period.