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  2. List of municipalities of Norway - Wikipedia

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    The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. [1] Law enforcement and church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries. In 1930, there were 747 municipalities in Norway. As of 2024, there are 357 municipalities.

  3. County municipality (Norway) - Wikipedia

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    The main responsibility of the county municipalities are upper secondary schools, dental care, public transport, county roads, culture, cultural heritage management, land use planning and business development. [1] Each county council main body is the county council (fylkesting), elected by direct election by all legal residents every fourth ...

  4. Counties of Norway - Wikipedia

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    The counties in Norway are called fylke (singular) and fylker (plural). This name comes from the Old Norse word fylki which means "district" or "county", but it is similar to the same root as "folk". It is similar in the minority languages in Norway: Northern Sami: fylka, Southern Sami: fylhke, Lule Sami: fylkka, Kven: fylkki.

  5. Administrative divisions of Norway - Wikipedia

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    A geopolitical map of Counties in Norway, exhibiting its 15 first-order subnational divisions (fylke/fylker or "counties"). A county municipality (Norwegian: Fylkeskommune) is the public elected body that is responsible for certain public administrative and service tasks within a county.

  6. Nordland County Municipality - Wikipedia

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    Nordland County Municipality (Norwegian: Nordland fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of Nordland county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 16 upper secondary schools, with 9,500 pupils. It administers the county roads, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural ...

  7. Møre og Romsdal - Wikipedia

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    The county contains many other urban settlements (as defined by Statistics Norway) without town status, every municipality except for Halsa and Smøla contains at least one. As of 1 January 2018, there were 192,331 people (about 72 percent of the population) living in densely populated areas in the county while only 73,946 people lived in ...

  8. Category:Municipalities in Norway by county - Wikipedia

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    Category: Municipalities in Norway by county. ... Municipalities of Vestland (45 C, 43 P) This page was last edited on 4 August 2023, at 00:13 (UTC). ...

  9. Category:County municipalities of Norway - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "County municipalities of Norway" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...