Hordaland

Hordaland County Hordaland fylke
Former County
Hardangerfjord in July 2012
Flag Coat of arms
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland County Show map of Hordaland Hordaland County Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 60°15′N 06°00′E / 60.250°N 6.000°E / 60.250; 6.000
Country	Norway
County	Hordaland
District	Western Norway
Established	1763
• Preceded by	Bergenhus amt
Disestablished	1 Jan 2020
• Succeeded by	Vestland county
Administrative centre	Bergen
Government
• Body	Hordaland County Municipality
• Governor (2010-2019)	Lars Sponheim (V)
• County mayor    (2015-2019)	Anne Gine Hestetun (Ap)
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	15,460 km2 (5,970 sq mi)
• Land	14,551 km2 (5,618 sq mi)
• Water	909 km2 (351 sq mi)  5.9%
• Rank	#9 in Norway
Population  (2014)
• Total	508,500
• Rank	#3 in Norway
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+7.9%
Demonym	Hordalending[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Nynorsk
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-12[3]
Income (per capita)	148,000 kr (2001)
GDP (per capita)	263,000 kr (2001)
GDP national rank	#2 in Norway (7.55% of country)
Data from Statistics Norway

Hordaland (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhɔ̂rdɑlɑn] ^ⓘ) was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipality, which is located in Bergen. Before 1972, the city of Bergen was its own separate county, apart from Hordaland. On 1 January 2020, the county was merged with neighbouring Sogn og Fjordane county, to form the new Vestland county.