Hordaland

Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo. The county administration is in Bergen.

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Hordaland is almost semi-circular in shape. The district is located central on the western coast of the country, split from southwest to northeast by the long, deep Hardangerfjorden, one of Norway's main fjords and a great tourist attraction. About half of the National park of Hardangervidda is in the county. The county also includes many well-known waterfalls of Norway, like V?ringsfossen and Stykkjedalsfossen. It also includes the glaciers Folgefonna and Hardangerj?kullen.

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More than 60% of the inhabitants live in Bergen and the surrounding area. Other important developed places are B?mlo, Leirvik, Voss and Odda.

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Hordaland is twinned with Cardiff, Wales.

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County: Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Great Britain and Ireland - the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings - but there is no correlation between "county" and "earldom." Rather, t...

Norway: The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norway'...

Sogn og Fjordane: Sogn og Fjordane is a county in Norway, bordering M?re og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud and Hordaland. The county administration is in Leikanger....