| Meland kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Hordaland | ||
| District | Nordhordland | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1256 | ||
| Administrative centre | Frekhaug | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | |||
| Area (Nr. ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. Norway is divided into a number of traditional Districts Many districts have deep historical roots and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, consisting of the northern portion of the county of Hordaland. ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. Frekhaug is the administrative centre of Meland municipality Norway. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 391 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 93 km² (35. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 87 km² (33. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 5,767 | ||
| - Density | 66/km² (170. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 20. 2 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 172 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
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| Website: www.meland.kommune.no | |||
Meland is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Nynorsk (literally "New Norwegian" is one of the two official Norwegian Standard languages the other being Bokmål. is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland.
Meland was separated from Alversund October 15, 1923. Alversund is a former municipality in Hordaland county Norway The northern part of Holsnøyni was transferred from Herdla to Meland January 1, 1964. Herdla, is an island and former municipality in Hordaland county Norway
The administrative centre is at Frekhaug, in the south-eastern part of the island Holsnøy, which makes up the larger part of the municipality. In addition there are a number of smaller islands, among which are Flatøy and Ypsøy. Flatøy (or Flatøyni as referred to on older maps is one of two smaller islands that together with the larger island Holsnøy make up the municipality Meland When the region of Nordhordland is approached from Bergen, Meland is entered via the 1614 m long Nordhordland Bridge, built in 1994. Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, consisting of the northern portion of the county of Hordaland. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell Nordhordland Bridge ( Norwegian: Nordhordlandsbrua) is a bridge that crosses Salhusfjorden between the mainland and Flatøy in Hordaland
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Meland (Norse Meðalland), since the first church was built there. Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age The first element is meðal 'middle', the last element is land n 'land, farm'. The meaning is 'the farm lying between (in the middle of) other farms'.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1987. It shows an auger (the production of augers have been important for the municipality). An auger is a device for moving material or liquid (see Archimedes' screw) by means of a rotating Helical flighting See also the coat-of-arms of Skånland. Skånland ( Saami Skánit) is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.
External links
- Official homepage with daily news, post journal and discussion board.
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