Hordaland County Municipality

Hordaland County Municipality (Template:Lang-no) is the regional governing administration of Hordaland county, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 46 upper secondary schools, with 17,000 pupils. It manages all the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage sites in the county.

The county council has 57 members, and Chairman of the County Council is Torill Selsvold Nyborg (Christian Democrats) while her deputy is Tom-Christer Nilsen (Conservative). Politically the county municipality is led by a coalition between the Progress Party, the Conservative Party and the Christian Democrats.

Council membership

The county council for 2011-2015 party breakdown is as follows:

Hordaland fylkesting 2011–2015

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	16
	Progress Party (Framstegspartiet)	8
	Conservative Party (Høgre)	17
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)	5
	Red Party (Raudt)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	4
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
Total number of members:		57

Transport

Public transport in Hordaland is the responsibility of the county municipality, including the city buses in the city of Bergen. Control of the city buses was transferred from the city to the county on 1 January 2008.

In 2007, the county municipality created the transit authority called "Skyss" that would market public transport while is would be operated by private companies based on public service obligation contracts. Prior to this, most routes had been operated by the private company Tide Buss and its predecessors.

External links

• Official site