Meland
Meland Municipality
Meland kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Hordaland within Norway | |
 Meland within Hordaland | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hordaland |
| District | Nordhordland |
| Administrative centre | Frekhaug |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007) | Nils Marton Aadland (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 93 km2 (36 sq mi) |
| • Land | 87 km2 (34 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #391 in Norway |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 6,478 |
| • Rank | #172 in Norway |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +20.2% |
| Demonym | Melandsbu[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1256[3] |
| Website | Official website |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1,930 | — |
| 1960 | 1,721 | −10.8% |
| 1970 | 2,694 | +56.5% |
| 1980 | 3,508 | +30.2% |
| 1990 | 4,534 | +29.2% |
| 2000 | 5,353 | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 6,613 | +23.5% |
| 2020 | 7,862 | +18.9% |
| 2030 | 9,056 | +15.2% |
| Source: Statistics Norway. | ||
Meland is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
History
The municipality is named after the farm of Meland. The norse name of the farm was "Meðalland". "Meðal" means "middle", while "land" means "farm" or "land",[4] so that the name as a whole roughly means "the farm that is located in the middle".[5]
The municipality of Meland was created when it was separated from Alversund on 15 October 1923. The northern part of Holsnøy was transferred from Herdla to Meland on 1 January 1964.[6]
Geography
Meland consists of a number of islands. The largest is Holsnøy, which has an area of 89 km2, out of a total area of 93 km2 for the entire municipality. Holsnøy is located between Radøy and Lindås to its north, Åsane in Bergen to its east, Askøy to its south and the archipelago of Øygarden to its west. It is surrounded by fjords, namely (clockwise from north) Mangersfjorden, Radfjorden, Salhusfjorden, Herdlefjorden and Hjeltefjorden. The second largest island is Flatøy, located west of Holsnøy. The municipality also encompasses a number of minor islands.[5]
The administration centre of the municipality is Frekhaug, which is its largest settlement. Frekhaug is located in the south-eastern part of Holsnøy, and its urban area had a population of 1688 as of 2009. An additional two urban areas are located in the municipality: Krossneset on Flatøy (population 446) and Holme (population 646).[7]
Transport
As an island municipality, the road network of Meland depends upon bridges. The Nordhordland Bridge, which spans Salhusfjorden between Flatøy and Klauvaneset in Bergen, connects Meland to the mainland. The bridge is the main road northwards from Bergen, and is part of European route E39. The Krossnessundet Bridge, which is part of Rv 564, connects Flatøy to Holsnøy, the largest island of the municipality. The Krossnessundet Bridge opened in 1977,[8] while the Nordhordland Bridge dates from 1994.[9]
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Stemshaug, Ola (1990). Norsk stadnamnleksikon (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget. p. 218. ISBN 82-521-3477-7.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Hartvedt, Gunnar Hagen (1994). "Meland". Bergen Byleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 35. ISBN 8257304859.
- ^ Juvkam, Dag (May 1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ Statistics Norway (2009). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2009".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Kortner, Olaf (1994). Aschehoug og Gyldendals store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. K–Lat. Aschehoug, Gyldendal. p. 529. ISBN 82-573-0583-9.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Structurae [en]: Nordhordland Bridge (1994)". Structurae. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
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