Fjell
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| Fjell kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Hordaland | ||
| District | Midhordland | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1246 | ||
| Administrative centre | Straume | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Lars Lie (Høyre) | ||
| Area (Nr. 358 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 148 km² (57.1 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 141 km² (54.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - Total | 20,791 | ||
| - Density | 139/km² (360/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 23.7 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 45 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Fjellsoknar or Fjellsokning[1] | ||
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| Website: www.fjell.kommune.no | |||
Fjell is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
Fjell was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
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, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to over 20,000, and it has as of 2008 one of the highest growth rates in Norway. The result is major traffic jams over the bridge every day. A highway that leads to the 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 or '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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