Hordaland county municipality

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Hordaland county municipality
Hordaland fylkeskommune

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County NO-12
Administrative centre Bergen
County Mayor Torill Selsvolld Nyborg
Revenue NOK 3,300 million
No. employees 4,200
No. schools
No. pupils
46
17,000
Transit authority Skyss
Website www.hordaland.no

Hordaland county municipality (Norwegian: Hordaland fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of Hordaland, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 46 upper secondary schools, with 17,000 pupils. It administrates county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture and cultural heritage.

The county council has 57 members, and Chairman of the County Council is Torill Selsvolld 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.

[edit] 2007 election

Party Votes % Change '03 Seats Change '03
Labour Party 50,844 24.5 % +1.4 % 14
Progess Party 47,750 23.0 % +1.5 % 14
Conservative 40,568 19.6 % +0.5 % 11
Christian Democrats 17,825 8.6 % 0.0 % 5
Centre Party 14,263 6.9 % +0,4 % 4
Socialist Left 12,642 6.1 % -5.0 % 4
Liberal 11,890 5.7 % +2.3 % 3
Red Electoral Alliance 5,669 2.7 % 0.0 % 2
Pensioners Party 1,699 0.8 % -1.3 % 0
Environment Party The Greens 1,506 0.87% +0.3 % 0
Democrats 1,117 0.5 % +0.2 % 0
Coastal Party 659 0.3 % -0.3 % 0
Christian Unity Party 569 0.3 % 0.0 % 0
Communist Party 276 0.1 % 0.0 % 0

[edit] Transport

Public transport in Hordaland is the responsibility of the county municipality. This includes the city buses in Bergen, that were transferred from the municipality on January 1, 2008. In 2007 the county municipality created the transit authority 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 have been operated by Tide.

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