Espeland is a village in the borough of Arna in the municipality of

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Espeland is located north of Lake Haukeland ( no, Haukelandsvatnet) and Mount

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 ab ...

. The village of

Indre Arna Indre Arna is a suburban village in the borough of Arna, Norway, Arna in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. While Indre Arna is relatively far from most of the city centre by road, there is an 8-minute train journey through the ...

lies about to the north. The village has a population (2012) of 2,182 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: 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 term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of . Starting in 2013, Espeland has been included in the urban area of Arna and separate population statistics are no longer tracked. Espeland was the site of the

Espeland concentration camp Espeland detention camp (Norwegian: ''Espeland fangeleir'', German: ''Polizeihäftlingslager Espeland'') was an internment camp opened in 1943 by Nazi Germany in occupied Norway next to the village of Espeland in the borough of Arna, Bergen. Bui ...

( no, Espeland fangeleir) built under the direction of German occupation forces between 1942 and 1943.

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Villages in Vestland Populated places in Bergen {{Bergen-stub