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This is a list of urban areas in Norway by population, with population numbers as of 1 January 2024.. Statistics Norway, the governmental organisation with the task of measuring the Norwegian population, uses the term tettsted (literally "dense place"; meaning urban settlement or urban area), which is defined as a continuous built-up area with a maximum distance of 50 metres (160 ft) between ...
During the 1800s, urbanization took hold in Norway and many new towns/cities were added. The special trading rights for towns/cities were abolished in 1857. [1] In 1946, Norwegian municipalities were each assigned a municipality number, a four-digit codes based on ISO 3166-2:NO. Towns/cities got a municipality number in which the third digit ...
Of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden), every country has at least one city above 100,000 inhabitants. ... Population Area (km 2)
Norwegian: Major ethnic: ... The population of Norway was around 5.5 million in 2023. ... Immigrants were represented in all Norwegian municipalities. The cities or ...
Rank Name County Pop. Rank Name County Pop. Oslo Bergen: 1: Oslo: Oslo: 1,000,467: 11: Moss: Østfold: 46,618 Stavanger/Sandnes Trondheim: 2: Bergen: Vestland ...
Population density in the Nordic countries. The Stockholm urban area (in blue), the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. The area includes land both inside and outside of the municipality of Stockholm. This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population.
Six Norwegian cities are considered Greater Cities (Storbyer). This classification is the result of an overall evaluation of these cities' population and their importance as regional centres. [ 1 ] The six cities are Oslo , Bergen , Trondheim , Stavanger , Kristiansand and Tromsø .
Norway also has some municipalities that are bilingual or trilingual due to the presence of many native Sami people living there. In Northern Sámi, there are two words for a municipality: suohkan and gielda. [5] Both are loan words from Scandinavian languages, the first of which is related to the Norwegian words sokn and sogn (a parish). [6]