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Fana, Norway
Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the southeastern part of the municipality of Bergen. The borough was once part of the historic municipality of Fana which was incorporated into Bergen in 1972. The old municipality was much larger than the present-day borough of Fana. It also included all of the present-day boroughs of Ytrebygda and Fyllingsdalen as well as the southern part of the present-day boroughs of Årstad. As of 1 January 2012, Fana had a population of 39,216. Toponymy "The name is really farm name, in Old Norse ''fani'', which probably means swampland or ''myrlende''" (or fen), according to the '' Store norske leksikon''. Geography Fana is the geographically largest of the city's boroughs, with an area of . Most major industries in Fana are located near the neighborhood of Nesttun (which was the administrative centre of the old Fana municipality). The northeastern part is dominated by residential areas, bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word ''borough'' probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points ( Burhs); in order to maintain these particular settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement. The concept of the borough has been used repeatedly (and often differently) throughout the world. Often, a borough is a single town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Årstad, Bergen
Årstad is a borough in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Historically, the area was a separate municipality called Årstad until 1916 when it was merged into the city of Bergen. The borough has similar (but not the same) boundaries to those of the old municipality. The borough is located south of the city centre, and has a population of around 39,906 as of 1 January 2014. Årstad is home to Bergen's hospital, Haukeland University Hospital, as well as Norway's second largest vocational high school, Årstad videregående skole (the largest being Sandefjord videregående skole), and Brann Stadion, the stadium of the city's largest association football team, Brann. Name "This whole area of the city was part of the king's property Ålrekstad (Årstad)", according to encyclopedia ''Store norske leksikon''. The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old ''Årstad'' farm (Old Norse: ''Álreksstaðir''), since the first Årstad Church was built there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skjold, Bergen
Skjold is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Located in Fana borough, it is a mostly residential area dominated by single-family homes and apartment buildings. Skjold is located to the southwest of Nesttun and east of Sørås. The area has an elementary school, ''Skjold skole'', and a private Steiner-Waldorf elementary/ lower secondary school, ''Steinerskolen på Skjold''. Skjold Church is located in the neighborhood. The basic statistical units of Skjold and Skjoldhøgda had a combined population of 4967 as of 1 January 2009. Transport The main thoroughfare in Skjold is Norwegian County Road 582 (Fanavegen). The 4-lane road Norwegian National Road 580 (Fritz C. Riebers veg) runs to the west of Skjold, and intersects Fv 582 just north of Lagunen Storsenter. The second stage of the Bergen Light Rail Bergen Light Rail ( no, Bybanen) is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project was a twenty-station stretch betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradis, Bergen
Paradis is a neighborhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located between the neighborhoods of Storetveit in the bourough of Årstad and Hop in the borough of Fana, on the eastern shore of the lake Nordåsvannet. The name, which literally means "paradise" in Norwegian, is shared with several other locations in Norway and denotes a location with positive qualities not present in the surrounding areas. Paradis is dominated by single-family detached homes, and is the location of some of the most expensive homes in the city. Transport Paradis was a station on the Bergen Line between 1932 and 1965, being closed following the opening of the Ulriken Tunnel in 1964. It is the site of a station on the Bergen Light Rail Bergen Light Rail ( no, Bybanen) is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project was a twenty-station stretch between the city center and Lagunen Storsenter, where the first 15 stations comprising a stretch ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nattland
Nattland (also written "Natland") is a neighbourhood in Årstad and Fana boroughs in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located south of Landås and northeast of Paradis, although, like every neighbourhood outside Bergenhus borough, it has no clearly defined borders. It includes the residential areas that are located west and east of Nattlandsveien and Birkelundsbakken, and atop Nattlandsfjellet, a hill that is part of the Ulriken Ulriken (or the older, ''Ålreken'') is the highest of the Seven Mountains, Bergen, Seven Mountains ( no, De syv fjell) that surround the city of Bergen, Norway. It has a height of above sea level. Ulriken has an aerial tramway, Ulriksbanen, that ... mountain massif; its summit is at above sea level. The basic statistical units of Nattlandsfjellet, Øvre Nattland, and Nedre Nattland had a combined population of 3121 as of 1 January 2009. Nattland is the location of Nattland Studentboliger, a major student housing complex for studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanahammeren
Fanahammeren or Fanahammaren is a residential village area at the eastern end of the Fanafjorden in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Fanahammeren lies about south of the city centre. The village area was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Fana which existed until 1972 when it was merged into Bergen. The historic Fana Church is located here. The village area has a population (2012) of 3,690, giving the village a population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ... of . References Populated places in Bergen Villages in Vestland {{Bergen-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livarden
Livarden is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located southeast of the Ulriken mountain massif, on the border of the boroughs of Fana and Arna, just south of the village of Espeland. The summit is situated at above sea level, with a prime factor of . See also *List of mountains of Norway There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Mountains of Bergen Mountains of Vestland {{Vestland-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and many African countries), a (, plural form , literally 'chief place' or 'main place'), is a town or city that is important from an administrative perspective. Algeria The capital of an Algerian province is called a chef-lieu. The capital of a district, the next largest division, is also called a chef-lieu, whilst the capital of the lowest division, the municipalities, is called agglomération de chef-lieu (chef-lieu agglomeration) and is abbreviated as A.C.L. Belgium The chef-lieu in Belgium is the administrative centre of each of the ten provinces of Belgium. Three of these cities also give their name to their province (Antwerp, Liège and Namur). France The chef-lieu of a département is known as the '' préf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesttun
Nesttun is an urban settlement in the borough of Fana in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located approximately south of the city centre. It was the centre of the old Fana municipality, which merged with Bergen in 1972, and is today the administration centre of Fana borough. Nesttun contains a mall, several smaller shops, a library, and Birkeland Church. Climate A problem facing Nesttun is flooding after heavy rain. In 2005, heavy rain caused the river that flows through the town to break its banks. A 2014 article in Fanaposten said that the municipality has taken too few measures to avoid flooding of the magnitude of the 2005 flooding. Transport Until the opening of the Ulriken Tunnel in 1964, Nesttun was a station on the Bergensbanen railway, and a station on the Nesttun-Osbanen railway until its closure in 1935. After lengthy construction work, the two double-lane roads which went through the centre of Nesttun were converted into a pedestrian ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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