The administrative division of Norway is a hierarchical system for dividing the territory and the population of Norway into separate areas in order to organize government. In addition to the legal system of administrative division, there is a traditional, often used in everyday life and literature.
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Structure
Norway has a political and administrative system at three levels:
- national (nationwide);
- provincial (provinces, or county, or districts);
- municipal (municipalities, or communes).
The county (county) in Norway has the traditional name of Fylke ( Norve fylke ), there are 19 of them. The king in the province is represented by the governor ( no: fylkesmann ). The representative bodies of the provinces are fülketing ( no: fylkesting ), elected by the population, the executive bodies of the provinces are the provincial council ( no: fylkesråd ), consisting of provincial councilors ( no: fylkesrådmann ), elected by fülketing.
Fulke is divided into communes (municipalities). There are 430 of them in total. Representative bodies of communes are municipal boards ( no: kommunestyre ), elected by the population, executive bodies are municipal boards ( no: kommunalråd ), consisting of advisors ( no: rådmann ), elected by municipal boards.
In cities, the names of these governing bodies may differ: respectively, representative bodies in cities are city government ( no: bystyret ), executive bodies in cities are city councils ( no: byråd ), consisting of advisors ( no: rådmann ), elected by city governments.
Fulke
Norway is divided into 19 provinces (provinces or provinces [1] ) [2] . The word Nynorsk Fylke is of general Germanic origin (cf. English folk , German Volk ) and originally meant “tribe, people”, and then switched to a territorial entity [1] . In works on geography in Russian, both transliteration of the “county” and the Russian translations “province”, “province” (the county are governed by the governors [1] ), and “region” are used. Fulke unite in 5 main unofficial regions:
| No | Emblem | Fule | Center Center | Area, [3] km² | Population, [4] people (2013) | Density, person / km² | Code ISO 3166-2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian | ( Nor. ) | Russian | ( Nor. ) | ||||||
| Nord-Norg (Northern Norway) | |||||||||
| one | Nordland | Nordland | Will | Bodø | 38 482 | 239,611 | 6.23 | NO-18 | |
| 2 | Troms | Troms, ( s.-Saami. Romsa ) | Tromsø | Tromsø, ( s.-Saami. Romsa ) | 25,863 | 160,418 | 6.20 | NO-19 | |
| 3 | Finnmark | Finnmark, ( s.-Sami. Finnmárkku ) | Vadsø | Vadsø, ( Fin. Vesisaari , s.-Saami. Čáhcesuolu ) | 48 631 | 74 534 | 1.53 | NO-20 | |
| Trøndelag (Central Norway) | |||||||||
| four | Nord-Trondelag | Nord-Trøndelag | Steinjer | Steinkjer | 22,415 | 134 443 | 6.00 | NO-17 | |
| five | Sor-Trondelag | Sør-Trøndelag | Trondheim | Trondheim, ( South-Saami. Råante ) | 18,839 | 302,755 | 13.07 | NO-16 | |
| Westland (Western Norway) | |||||||||
| 6 | More og Romsdal | Møre og Romsdal | Molde | Molde | 15 101 | 252 404 | 17.18 | NO-15 | |
| 7 | Sogn og Fjordane | Sogn og fjordane | Leikanger | Leikanger | 18,623 | 108 700 | 5.84 | NO-14 | |
| eight | Hordaland | Hordaland | Bergen | Bergen | 15 438 | 498 135 | 32.27 | NO-12 | |
| 9 | Rogaland | Rogaland | Stavanger | Stavanger | 9376 | 452,159 | 48.23 | NO-11 | |
| Estland (Eastern Norway) | |||||||||
| ten | Oslo | Oslo | Oslo | Oslo | 454 | 623 966 | 1374.37 | NO-03 | |
| eleven | Akershus | Akershus | Oslo | Oslo | 4918 | 566 399 | 115.17 | NO-02 | |
| 12 | Estfold | Østfold | Sarpsborg | Sarpsborg | 4182 | 282,000 | 67.45 | NO-01 | |
| 13 | Buskerud | Buskerud | Drammen | Drammen | 14 911 | 269 003 | 18.04 | NO-06 | |
| 14 | Westfall | Vestfold | Tonsberg | Tønsberg | 2225 | 238,748 | 107.30 | NO-07 | |
| 15 | Telemark | Telemark | Skien | Skien | 15 296 | 170 902 | 11.17 | NO-08 | |
| sixteen | Headmark | Hedmark | Hamar | Hamar | 27,398 | 193,719 | 7.07 | NO-04 | |
| 17 | Oppland | Oppland | Lillehammer | Lillehammer | 25 192 | 187,254 | 7.43 | NO-05 | |
| Sorland (Southern Norway) | |||||||||
| 18 | Aust-Agder | Aust-agder | Arendal | Arendal | 9158 | 112,772 | 12.31 | NO-09 | |
| nineteen | Vest-Agder | Vest-agder | Kristiansand | Kristiansand | 7277 | 176 353 | 24.23 | NO-10 | |
| Total | 323 779 | 5,051,275 | 15.60 | ||||||
Communes
Communes ( Norwegian kommune, -er , English municipality, -ies ) are the second administrative level of division of Norway after provinces (county). By the end of 2009, there were 430 communes in the country. The number of communes gradually, but constantly reduced due to the merger of the smallest communes.
Other Territories
Overseas territories of Norway are not included in the county and are not divided into communes. The Spitsbergen Archipelago (Svalbard) with the administrative center in Longyearbyen , as well as the island of Jan Mayen are the possessions of Norway; Jan Mayen is managed by the Administration of Noorland . Bouvet Island is a dependent territory of Norway. The island of Peter I and Queen Maud Land in Antarctica , the territorial claims for which Norway makes, also belong to the dependent territories.
Integrated territories
| Territory | Region | Area, [3] km² | Population, [5] people (2013) | Administrative center | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svalbard | Arctic Ocean | 61 022 | 2698 | Longyear | Possession |
| Jan Mayen | Norwegian Sea | 377 | 0 | - | Possession |
| Total | 61 399 | 2,600 |
- Notes: Of the 2,698 people in Spitsbergen, there are 493 citizens of Russia and 10 of Poland.
Dependent Territories
| Territory | Region | Square, km² | Population, people (2013) | Administrative center | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvet Island | Atlantic Ocean | 58.5 | 0 | - | Dependent territory |
| Peter I Island | Sea Bellingshausen | 243 | 0 | - | Dependent territory |
| Queen Maud Land | Antarctica | about 2 500 000 | 0 | - | Dependent territory |
See also
- ISO 3166-2: NO
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Vladimir Pavlovich Maksakovsky . Foreign Europe - an overview, Northern Europe. Thought, 1981. p. 183.
- ↑ CIA - The World Factbook
- 2 1 2 Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2012, Table 19: Total area, coastal area, by county. 2011 (English) . Statistics Norway ( Statistisk sentralbyrå ). The appeal date is September 3, 2013.
- ↑ Statistics Norway
- ↑ Statistics Norway (Svalbard)