Midhordland

Midhordland Midthordland
District
Marstein lighthouse
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Coordinates: 60°17′N 05°12′E
Country	Norway
County	Vestland
Region	Vestlandet
Commercial Center	Bergen
Area
• Total	1,785 km^2 (689 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	386 988

Midhordland or Midthordland is a traditional district in the Vestlandet region of Norway. It consists of the central-west portion of the old Hordaland county (now part of Vestland county), mostly including the islands and coastal fjord areas surrounding (and including) the Bergen Peninsula. It includes the city on Bergen and the surrounding municipalities of Askøy, Austevoll, Bjørnafjorden, Samnanger, and Øygarden. The region is dominated by its largest city, Bergen, which is also the second largest city in the country.^[1]

There are no administrative functions for this district, it is simply a cultural and historical area. Until 2014, the Church of Norway had a deanery called Midhordland prosti, but that has since been dissolved and its churches transferred to other neighboring deaneries.

Municipalities of Midhordland

Arms	Name	Inhabitants	Area	Language form
	Askøy	29,553	101	Neutral
	Austevoll	5,283	117	Nynorsk
	Bergen	286,930	465	Neutral
	Bjørnafjorden	25,213	517	Nynorsk
	Samnanger	2,501	269	Nynorsk
	Øygarden	39,032	315	Nynorsk
	Midhordland	388,412	1,784	Nynorsk, Neutral

Geography

• Tallest mountain: Tveitakvitingen (1299,1 m), Bjørnafjorden

• Largest lake (area): Skogseidvatnet (5,3 km²), Bjørnafjorden
• Largest island: Sotra (178,6 km²)

References

1. Store norske leksikon. "Midhordland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-11-10.