Vestland County Municipality

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County in Norway

Vestland County Municipality Vestland fylkeskommune
County
Coat of arms
Location in Norway
Coordinates: 64°00′53″N 11°29′43″E / 64.0148°N 11.4954°E / 64.0148; 11.4954
Country	Norway
Administrative center	Bergen
Government
• County mayor	Jon Askeland
ISO 3166 code	NO-46
Employees	6,000
Schools	46
Pupils	23,000
Roads	5,547 km (3,447 mi)
Website	vestlandfylke.no

Vestland County Municipality (Norwegian: Vestland fylkeskommune) is the democratically elected regional governing administration of Vestland county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the overseeing the county's upper secondary schools, county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage.

County government

The Vestland county council (Norwegian: fylkestinget) is made up of 65 representatives that are elected every four years. The council essentially acts as a Parliament or legislative body for the county and it meets about six times each year. The council is divided into standing committees and an executive board (fylkesutval) which meet considerably more often. Both the council and executive board are led by the county mayor (fylkesordførar).

County council

The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Vestland fylkesting 2020–2024
Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	14
	People's Action No to More Road Tolls (Folkeaksjonen nei til meir bompengar)	6
	Progress Party (Framstegspartiet)	6
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet Dei Grøne)	5
	Conservative Party (Høgre)	12
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)	3
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Red Party (Raudt)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	10
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		65

References

Berg, Ole T., ed. (19 February 2020). "fylkeskommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
Tjørnhaugen, Andreas, ed. (18 September 2019). "valgresultater fylkesting - Vestland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

v t e County municipalities of Norway
Current	Akershus Agder Buskerud Finnmark Innlandet Møre og Romsdal Nordland Oslo Rogaland Troms Telemark Trøndelag Viken Vestfold Vestland
Former	Aust-Agder Hedmark Hordaland Nord-Trøndelag Oppland Sogn og Fjordane Sør-Trøndelag Troms og Finnmark Vest-Agder Vestfold og Telemark Viken

Vestland county, Norway

Main article: Vestland
Capitals: Bergen; Leikanger
County government: Vestland County Municipality
County lists:

Towns and cities

Bergen (1060)
Florø (1860)
Førde (1997)
Leirvik (1997)
Måløy (1997)
Odda (2004)

Municipalities

Nordfjord and Sunnfjord	Askvoll Bremanger Fjaler Gloppen Kinn Stad Stryn Sunnfjord
Sogn	Årdal Aurland Gulen Høyanger Hyllestad Lærdal Luster Sogndal Solund Vik
Nordhordland	Alver Austrheim Fedje Masfjorden Modalen Osterøy Vaksdal
Hardanger and Voss	Eidfjord Kvam Ullensvang Ulvik Voss
Midhordland	Askøy Austevoll Bjørnafjorden Bergen Øygarden Samnanger
Sunnhordland	Bømlo Etne Fitjar Kvinnherad Stord Sveio Tysnes

Former Municipalities in Vestland

Sogn og Fjordane	Balestrand (1850-2020) Borgund (1864-1964) Breim (1886-1964) Brekke (1850-1861, 1905-1964) Bru (1923-1964) Davik (1838-1964) Eid (1838-2020) Eikefjord (1923-1964) Flora (1964-2020) Florø (1861-1964) Førde (1838-2020) Gaular (1838-2020) Hafslo (1838-1963) Hornindal (1867-1965, 1977-2020) Innvik (1838-1965) Jostedal (1838-1963) Jølster (1838-2020) Kinn (1838-1964) Kyrkjebø (1858-1964) Lavik (1838-1861, 1905-1964) Lavik og Brekke (1861-1905) Leikanger (1838-2020) Naustdal (1896-2020) Nord-Vågsøy (1910-1964) Selje (1838-2020) Sør-Vågsøy (1910-1964) Vevring (1838-1964) Vågsøy (1964-2020)
Hordaland	Alversund (1885-1964) Arna (1964-1972) Bergen landdistrikt (1838-1877) Bremnes (1916-1963) Bruvik (1870-1964) Eid (1838-1855) Evanger (1885-1964) Fana (1838-1972) Finnås (1838-1916) Fjelberg (1838-1965) Fjell (1838-2020) Fusa (1856-2020) Granvin (1891-2020) Hamre (1838-1964) Haus (1838-1964) Herdla (1871-1964) Hjelme (1910-1964) Hordabø (1924-1964) Hosanger (1838-1964) Hålandsdal (1903-1964) Jondal (1863-2020) Kinsarvik (1838-1869, 1913-1964) Laksevåg (1918-1972) Lindås (1838-2020) Manger (1838-1964) Meland (1923-2020) Moster (1916-1963) Odda (1913-2020) Os (1838-2020) Radøy (1964-2020) Røldal (1838-1964) Skånevik (1838-1965) Strandebarm (1838-1965) Strandvik (1903-1964) Sund (1838-2020) Sæbø (1924-1964) Valestrand (1868-1964) Varaldsøy (1902-1965) Vikebygd (1902-1964) Vossestrand (1868-1964) Ølen (1916-2006) Årstad (1838-1915) Åsane (1904-1972)
Note: The former counties of Sogn og Fjordane and Hordaland were merged to form Vestland on 1 January 2020.

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