Fjell Municipality
Fjell Municipality
Fjell kommune | |
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| Fjeld herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Misje | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hordaland within Norway | |
Fjell within Hordaland | |
| Coordinates: 60°20′50″N 05°02′49″E / 60.34722°N 5.04694°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Midhordland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Øygarden Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Straume |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015–2019) | Marianne S. Bjorøy (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 148.17 km2 (57.21 sq mi) |
| • Land | 141.19 km2 (54.51 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi) 4.7% |
| • Rank | #355 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 341.1 m (1,119 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 26,166 |
| • Rank | #43 in Norway |
| • Density | 176.6/km2 (457/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +21.7% |
| Demonyms | Fjellsoknar Fjellsokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1246 |
Fjell is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 148.17-square-kilometre (57.21 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Øygarden Municipality in the traditional district of Midhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Straume. Other villages in the municipality included Ågotnes, Fjell, Foldnes, Knappskog, Knarrvika, Kolltveit, Landro, and Sekkingstad.
The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, the northern part of Store Sotra, Bildøyna, Bjorøyna, Misje, and Turøyna. Due to the opening of the Sotra Bridge to the mainland in 1971 and its proximity to the city of Bergen, the population more than tripled, growning from less than 7,000 to over 26,000 by the time of its dissolution in 2020. This resulted in major traffic jams over the bridge every day. The highway that leads to Bergen has reduced the traveling time to only fifteen minutes from the municipal centre at Straume on Litlesotra to the center of Bergen.
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 148.17-square-kilometre (57.21 sq mi) municipality was the 355th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Fjell Municipality was the 43rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 26,166. The municipality's population density was 176.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (457/sq mi) and its population had increased by 21.7% over the previous 10-year period.