Nordland County Municipality
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Nordland County Municipality ( no, Nordland fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of
Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county in
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. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 16 upper secondary schools, with 9,500
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s. It administers the
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,
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, dental care,
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, and
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. The
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of the county is the town of Bodø.


County government

The Nordland county council ( no, Fylkestinget) is made up of 45 representatives that are elected every four years. The council essentially acts as a
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or legislative body for the county. The council is led by a county mayor ( no, Fylkesordfører), and the council elects five members to be in the county cabinet ( no, Fylkesrådet) which carries out the executive functions of the county.


County council

The
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breakdown of the council is as follows:


References

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County Municipality County municipality is a designation for an administrative territorial entity in Norway and in Canada. See also *County *Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-gov ...
County municipalities of Norway Public transport administrators of Norway Public transport in Nordland 1838 establishments in Norway