Fjell
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| County | Hordaland | |
| District | Midhordland | |
| Municipality | NO-1246 | |
| Administrative centre | Straume | |
| Mayor (2003) | Jan Utkilen (Sotralista) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 358 148 km² 141 km² 0.05 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 45 19,613 0.43 % 23.7 % 139/km² |
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| www.fjell.kommune.no |
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Fjell is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
The municipality consists of several islands west of Bergen, the major ones being Litle-Sotra, Sotra (the northern part) Bjorøy and Turøy. Due to the construction of the mainland bridge (Sotrabroen) in 1971 and its proximity to Bergen, Norway, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to almost 20,000, and it is presently the Norwegian municipality with the highest growth rate. The result is major traffic jams over the bridge every day. A highway that leads to the town centre of Bergen has reduced the traveling time to only fifteen minutes from the community centre at Straume on Litle-Sotra.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Fjell (Norse Fjall), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word fjall n 'mountain'. (The oldest form of the name was Undir Fjalli 'under/below the mountain'.)
Until 1918 the name was written "Fjeld".
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| Municipalities of Hordaland |  |
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Askøy | Austevoll | Austrheim | Bergen | Bømlo | Eidfjord | Etne | Fedje | Fitjar | Fjell | Fusa | Granvin | Jondal | Kvam | Kvinnherad | Lindås | Masfjorden | Meland | Modalen | Odda | Os | Osterøy | Radøy | Samnanger | Stord | Sund | Sveio | Tysnes | Ullensvang | Ulvik | Vaksdal | Voss | Øygarden |
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