Municipalities of Norway

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Also see: Municipalities of Norway by number.

The list of Municipalities of Norway below is sorted in alphabetical order. Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities (kommuner, cf. communes). The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality.

Municipalities of Norway (click image to enlarge)

Municipalities are the atomic unit of local government in Norway and are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. Law enforcement and church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous consolidation. In 1930, there were 747 municipalities in Norway. At this writing there are 431, and there are plans for further mergers and political pressure to do so. See the list of former municipalities of Norway for further detail. The consolidation effort is complicated by a number of factors. Since block grants are made by the national government to the municipalities based on an assessment of need, there is little incentive for the municipalities to lose local autonomy. The national policy is that municipalities should only merge voluntarily, and studies are underway to identify potential gains. There are also an alphabetical list of municipalities in Norway and a list by municipality number.

List by county

Akershus	Aust-Agder	Buskerud	Finnmark		Hedmark	Hordaland	Møre og Romsdal	Nord-Trøndelag	Nordland
Asker Aurskog-Høland Bærum Eidsvoll Enebakk Fet Frogn Gjerdrum Hurdal Lørenskog Nannestad Nes Nesodden Nittedal Oppegård Rælingen Skedsmo Ski Sørum Ullensaker Vestby Ås	Arendal Birkenes Bygland Bykle Evje og Hornnes Froland Gjerstad Grimstad Iveland Lillesand Risør Tvedestrand Valle Vegårshei Åmli	Drammen Flesberg Flå Gol Hemsedal Hol Hole Hurum Kongsberg Krødsherad Lier Modum Nedre Eiker Nes Nore og Uvdal Ringerike Rollag Røyken Sigdal Øvre Eiker Ål	Alta Berlevåg Båtsfjord Deatnu / Tana Gamvik Guovdageaidnu / Kautokeino Hammerfest Hasvik Kárášjohka / Karasjok Kvalsund Lebesby Loppa Måsøy Nordkapp Porsanger / Porsángu / Porsanki Sør-Varanger Unjárga / Nesseby Vadsø Vardø		Alvdal Eidskog Elverum Engerdal Folldal Grue Hamar Kongsvinger Løten Nord-Odal Os Rendalen Ringsaker Stange Stor-Elvdal Sør-Odal Tolga Trysil Tynset Våler Åmot Åsnes	Askøy Austevoll Austrheim Bergen Bømlo Eidfjord Etne Fedje Fitjar Fjell Fusa Granvin Jondal Kvam Kvinnherad Lindås Masfjorden Meland Modalen Odda Os Osterøy Radøy Samnanger Stord Sund Sveio Tysnes Ullensvang Ulvik Vaksdal Voss Øygarden	Aukra Aure Averøy Eide Fræna Giske Gjemnes Halsa Haram Hareid Herøy Kristiansund Midsund Molde Nesset Norddal Rauma Rindal Sande Sandøy Skodje Smøla Stordal Stranda Sula Sunndal Surnadal Sykkylven Tingvoll Ulstein Vanylven Vestnes Volda Ørskog Ørsta Ålesund	Flatanger Fosnes Frosta Grong Høylandet Inderøy Leka Leksvik Levanger Lierne Meråker Mosvik Namdalseid Namsos Namsskogan Nærøy Overhalla Røyrvik Snåsa Steinkjer Stjørdal Verdal Verran Vikna	Alstahaug Andøy Ballangen Beiarn Bindal Bodø Brønnøy Bø Dønna Evenes Fauske Flakstad Gildeskål Grane Hadsel Hamarøy Hattfjelldal Hemnes Herøy Leirfjord Lurøy Lødingen Meløy Moskenes Narvik Nesna Rana Rødøy Røst Saltdal Sortland Steigen Sømna Sørfold Tjeldsund Træna Tysfjord Vefsn Vega Vestvågøy Vevelstad Vågan Værøy
Oppland	Oslo	Rogaland	Sogn og Fjordane	Sør-Trøndelag	Telemark	Troms	Vest-Agder	Vestfold	Østfold
Dovre Etnedal Gausdal Gjøvik Gran Jevnaker Lesja Lillehammer Lom Lunner Nord-Aurdal Nord-Fron Nordre Land Ringebu Sel Skjåk Sør-Aurdal Sør-Fron Søndre Land Vang Vestre Slidre Vestre Toten Vågå Østre Toten Øyer Øystre Slidre	Oslo	Bjerkreim Bokn Eigersund Finnøy Forsand Gjesdal Haugesund Hjelmeland Hå Karmøy Klepp Kvitsøy Lund Randaberg Rennesøy Sandnes Sauda Sokndal Sola Stavanger Strand Suldal Time Tysvær Utsira Vindafjord	Askvoll Aurland Balestrand Bremanger Eid Fjaler Flora Førde Gaular Gloppen Gulen Hornindal Hyllestad Høyanger Jølster Leikanger Luster Lærdal Naustdal Selje Sogndal Solund Stryn Vik Vågsøy Årdal	Agdenes Bjugn Frøya Hemne Hitra Holtålen Klæbu Malvik Meldal Melhus Midtre Gauldal Oppdal Orkdal Osen Rennebu Rissa Roan Røros Selbu Skaun Snillfjord Trondheim Tydal Ørland Åfjord	Bamble Bø Drangedal Fyresdal Hjartdal Kragerø Kviteseid Nissedal Nome Notodden Porsgrunn Sauherad Seljord Siljan Skien Tinn Tokke Vinje	Balsfjord Bardu Berg Bjarkøy Dyrøy Gáivuotna / Kåfjord Gratangen Harstad Ibestad Karlsøy Kvæfjord Kvænangen Lavangen Lenvik Lyngen Målselv Nordreisa Salangen Skjervøy Skånland Storfjord Sørreisa Torsken Tranøy Tromsø	Audnedal Farsund Flekkefjord Hægebostad Kristiansand Kvinesdal Lindesnes Lyngdal Mandal Marnardal Sirdal Songdalen Søgne Vennesla Åseral	Andebu Hof Holmestrand Horten Lardal Larvik Nøtterøy Re Sande Sandefjord Stokke Svelvik Tjøme Tønsberg	Aremark Askim Eidsberg Fredrikstad Halden Hobøl Hvaler Marker Moss Rakkestad Rygge Rømskog Råde Sarpsborg Skiptvet Spydeberg Trøgstad Våler

Largest municipalities

With population as of January 1, 2006 (source: SSB[1])

1. Oslo, 538,411 inhabitants
2. Bergen, 242,158
3. Trondheim, 158,613
4. Stavanger, 115,157
5. Bærum, 105,928
6. Kristiansand, 76,917
7. Fredrikstad, 70,791
8. Tromsø, 63,596
9. Sandnes, 58,947
10. Drammen, 57,759
11. Asker, 51,484
12. Skien, 50,761
13. Sarpsborg, 50,115
14. Bodø, 44,992
15. Skedsmo, 43,201
16. Sandefjord, 41,555
17. Larvik, 41,211
18. Ålesund, 40,801
19. Arendal, 39,826
20. Karmøy, 37,928
21. Tønsberg, 36919
22. Porsgrunn, 33,550
23. Ringsaker, 31,923
24. Haugesund, 31,738
25. Lørenskog, 30,929

External links

• Coats of Arms of Norwegian counties and municipalities