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Bergen Region

Coordinates: 60°22′36″N 5°20′07″E / 60.3767°N 5.3353°E / 60.3767; 5.3353
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Bergen Metropolitan Area
Map
CountryNorway
CountyVestland
Largest cityBergen
Area
 • Total2,755 km2 (1,064 sq mi)
Population
 (October 2015)
 • Total416,033
 • Density149/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
View of the city centre with Torgallmenningen.

The Bergen Region is a statistical metropolitan region in the county of Hordaland in Norway. It is centered on the city of Bergen.

Municipality Population (2024) [1] Estimated population (2030) Estimated population (2050) Area¹ Density² (2022) County
Bergen 292 277 298 834 318 096 465 638 Vestland
Askøy 30 270 31 749 35 514 94 314
Øygarden 40 033 41 536 46 696 300 128
Bjørnafjorden 26 192 27 216 30 857 517 51
Alver 30 164 30 685 33 281 651 45
Osterøy 8 191 8 287 8 863 244 33
Austevoll 5 367 5 292 5 491 114 46
Austrheim 2 916 3 079 3 426 55 50
Samnanger 2 492 2 561 2 633 257 10
Total 437,998 449,239 484,657 2,397 179 As of 2nd Quater 2024

Old municipalities

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Municipality Population (1769) [1] Population (2017) [2] Population (2040) [3] Area¹ Density² (1769) Density² (2014) Density² (2040) County
Bergen 18,827 278,556 338,891 465 40 600 729 Hordaland
Askøy 897 28,821 42,803 99 9 287 432
Fjell 923 25,204 33,551 147 6 169 228
Os 1,034 20,152 28,732 139 7 142 207
Lindås 2,931 15,731 19,635 474 6 32 41
Osterøy 1,636 8,026 10,182 254 6 30 40
Meland 794 8,021 12,753 91 8 84 140
Sund 970 7,058 10,013 99 9 67 101
Austevoll 1,265 5,156 7,124 114 11 43 62
Radøy 1,720 5,128 6,418 110 15 46 58
Øygarden 833 4,913 5,456 65 12 72 84
Fusa 1,692 3,895 4,180 378 4 10 11
Austrheim 636 2,884 4,283 55 11 51 78
Samnanger 947 2,488 2,654 265 3 9 10
Total 35,105 416,033 526,675 2,755 12 150 191 As of January 2017

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2/ Population per km2, population data from ssb;
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) 1951 - 2022-PX-Web SSB".
  2. ^ Population per Q2 2014
  3. ^ "In Norwegian. Population per 1 January, by county and municipality. Registered 2012. Projected 2012–2040, by variant MMMM". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

60°22′36″N 5°20′07″E / 60.3767°N 5.3353°E / 60.3767; 5.3353