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| City | Bergen | |||
| Borough | NO-120101 | |||
| Area (2008) - Total (Ranked 2) - Percent |
102.44 km² |
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| Population (2008) - Total (Ranked 8) - Percent of total - Density] |
12,231 |
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Arna is a borough and suburb of Bergen, Norway and a former municipality in Hordaland county.
Arna has approximately 12,000 inhabitants. Situated behind mount Ulriken, Arna is geographically close to downtown Bergen, but it takes some time to drive there by road as there is no road tunnel as of yet. However, a train journey from Arna station to Bergen only takes eight minutes. The stations of Takvam and Trengereid are also within the borough. The borough consists of the parts Haukeland, Unneland, Espeland, Rødland, Haugland, Gaupås, Ytre Arna, Indre Arna, Arnatveit, Garnes, Takvam, Songstad and Trengereid.
The Norse forms of the name was Arni (nominative) and Arna (dative) - and this was originally the old name of the bay Arnavågen. The name is very old, and it is maybe related to the Italian name Arno.
In the dialect of the district the name was traditionally pronounced Ådna. This form is used in the names Ådnamarka, Ådnavegen, Ådnatun and Ådnanipa (or Arnanipa).
The parish of Haus was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), including the annex Bruvik. On January 1, 1870 Bruvik with 2,062 inhabitants was separated from Haus to form a municipality of its own. The split left Haus with a population of 4,229. On January 1, 1964 the part of Haus situated at Osterøy was transferred to the new municipality of Osterøy, whereas the remaining part on the mainland formed the municipality of Arna.
On January 1, 1972 the city Bergen was expanded by merging the municipalities Arna, Bergen, Fana, Laksevåg and Åsane to one. By the time of the merger Arna had a population of 11 766.
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