Midhordland Explained

Official Name:Midhordland
Other Name:Midthordland
Settlement Type:District
Seat Type:Commercial Center
Seat:Bergen
Area Total Km2:1785
Population Total:386 988
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Vestland
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Vestlandet
Coordinates:60.2833°N 17°W

Midhordland or Midthordland is a traditional district in the Vestlandet region of Norway. It consists of the central-west portion of the old Hordaland county (now part of Vestland county), mostly including the islands and coastal fjord areas surrounding (and including) the Bergen Peninsula. It includes the city on Bergen and the surrounding municipalities of Askøy, Austevoll, Bjørnafjorden, Samnanger, and Øygarden. The region is dominated by its largest city, Bergen, which is also the second largest city in the country.[1]

There are no administrative functions for this district, it is simply a cultural and historical area. Until 2014, the Church of Norway had a deanery called Midhordland prosti, but that has since been dissolved and its churches transferred to other neighboring deaneries.

Municipalities of Midhordland

Arms Name Inhabitants Area Language form
29,553 101 Neutral
5,283 117 Nynorsk
286,930 465 Neutral
25,213 517 Nynorsk
2,501 269 Nynorsk
39,032 315 Nynorsk
Midhordland388,4121,784Nynorsk, Neutral

Geography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Midhordland. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. no. 2014-11-10.