Landås is a neighbourhood in the city of

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county,

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. Landås is located by the western side of the Ulriken mountain

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, from southeast of Haukeland University Hospital to the neighborhood of Nattland almost further south. It was the last part of the historic Årstad municipality to be urbanised, with the development of Landås taking place mainly after

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. The Faculty of Education of

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is located in Landås. The Grieg Academy is the original name of the music department at this campus of

, however the music school with a very similar name - "Grieg Academy-Institute" - is affiliated with the University of Bergen and located in downtown

. The unique Landås Church is located in this neighborhood. Landas

Landås was a separate administrative borough until the year 2000, when it was merged with the northern part of the borough of Løvstakksiden borough forming Årstad borough. In 1994, Landås borough had a population of 20,252 people.

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Neighbourhoods of Bergen {{Bergen-stub