- Fjell
Infobox_Kommune
name = Fjell
idnumber = 1246
county = Hordaland
landscape = Midhordland
capital = Straume
demonym = Fjellsoknar
Fjellsokning
language =Nynorsk
munwebpage = www.fjell.kommune.no
governor = Lars Lie (H)
governor_as_of = 2007
arearank = 358
area = 148
arealand = 141
areapercent = 0.05
population_as_of = 2008
populationrank = 45
population = 21,207
populationpercent = 0.43
populationdensity = 143
populationincrease = 23.7
lat_deg = 60 | lat_min = 20 | lat_sec = 50 | lon_deg = 5 | lon_min = 2 | lon_sec = 49
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6696637 | utm_easting = 0281915 | geo_cat = adm2ndFjell is a municipality in the county of
Hordaland ,Norway . The parish of "Fjæld" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt ). It consists of several islands west of Bergen, the major ones beingLitle-Sotra ,Sotra (the northern part)Bjorøy andTurøy .Due to the construction of the mainland bridge ("
Sotrabroen ") in 1971 and its proximity to Bergen, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to over 20,000, and it has as of 2008 one of the highest growth rates inNorway . The result is major traffic jams over the bridge every day. A highway that leads to theBergen has reduced the traveling time to only fifteen minutes from the community centre at Straume on Litle-Sotra.General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Fjell (
Old Norse "Fjall"), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word "fjall" or "mountain". The oldest form of the name was "Undir Fjalli" which means "under/below the mountain". Before 1918 the name was written "Fjeld".Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 27 April 1957. The arms show the geography in the municipality, specifically the sea and the steep mountains. The sea
gull is a typical bird in the area. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/f/fjell.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=21 September|accessyear=2008]References
External links
* [http://www.fjell.kommune.no/ Municipality web site] no icon
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