Arna, Norway

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name=Arna
idnumber=120101
city=Bergen
capital=
governor=
governor_as_of=
area_as_of=2008
arearank=2
area=102.44
areapercent=ca. 22
population_as_of=2008
populationrank=8
population=12,231
populationpercent=4.93%
populationdensity=119

Arna is a borough and suburb of Bergen, Norway and a former municipality in Hordaland county.

Arna has approximately 12,000 inhabitants. Situated behind mount Ulriken, Arna is geographically close to downtown Bergen, but it takes some time to drive there by road as there is no road tunnel as of yet. However, a train journey from Arna station to Bergen only takes eight minutes. The stations of Takvam and Trengereid are also within the borough. The borough consists of the parts Haukeland, Unneland, Espeland, Rødland, Haugland, Gaupås, Ytre Arna, Indre Arna, Arnatveit, Garnes, Takvam, Songstad and Trengereid.

History

The parish of Haus was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), including the annex Bruvik. On January 1, 1870 Bruvik with 2,062 inhabitants was separated from Haus to form a municipality of its own. The split left Haus with a population of 4,229. On January 1, 1964 the part of Haus situated at Osterøy was transferred to the new municipality of Osterøy, whereas the remaining part on the mainland formed the municipality of Arna.

On January 1, 1972 the city Bergen was expanded by merging the municipalities Arna, Bergen, Fana, Laksevåg and Åsane to one. By the time of the merger Arna had a population of 11 766.

Ådna is the old name for Arna. It is today only seen in the area names Ådnamarka, Ådnavegen, Ådnatun and Ådnanipa (Ådnanipa is often called Arnanipa).