The Bergen Region is a statistical metropolitan region in Vestland county, Norway. It is centered on the city of Bergen.
+ Region with current municipalities as of 2nd quarter of 2024 Municipality Population(2024) Estimatedpopulation (2030) Estimatedpopulation (2050) Area(km2) Density (2022)(people/km2)Bergen292 277298 834318 096465638Askøy30 27031 74935 51494314Øygarden40 03341 53646 696300128Bjørnafjorden26 19227 21630 85751751Alver30 16430 68533 28165145Osterøy8 1918 2878 86324433Austevoll5 3675 2925 49111446Austrheim2 9163 0793 4265550Samnanger2 4922 5612 63325710Total437,998449,239484,6572,397179
Old municipalities On 1 January 2020, several municipalities in the Bergen region were merged due to a nationwide effort to reduce the number of Norwegian municipalities. Prior to this change the region included the municipalities below. + Region with historic municipalities as of January 2014 Municipality Population(1769) Population(2014)Population per Q2 2014 Est. pop.(2040) Area(km2) Density (1769) (people/km2) Density (2014)(people/km2) Density (2040) (people/km2)Bergen18,827278,556338,89146540600729Askøy89728,82142,803999287432Fjell92325,20433,5511476169228Os1,03420,15228,7321397142207Lindås2,93115,73119,63547463241Osterøy1,6368,02610,18225463040Meland7948,02112,75391884140Sund9707,05810,01399967101Austevoll1,2655,1567,124114114362Radøy1,7205,1286,418110154658Øygarden8334,9135,45665127284Fusa1,6923,8954,18037841011Austrheim6362,8844,28355115178Samnanger9472,4882,6542653910Total35,105416,033526,6752,75512150191
See also Bergen og omland Western Norway Metropolitan regions of Norway
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