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Voss
Municipality in Vestland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Voss (disambiguation).
Voss (pronunciationⓘ) is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Oppheim, Stalheim, and Vinje.
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Voss
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Voss Municipality
Voss herad | |
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Voss kommune (historic name) | |
![]() Voss in March 2005 | |
![]() Vestland within Norway | |
![]() Voss within Vestland | |
Coordinates: 60°42′09″N 06°25′23″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Vestland |
District | Voss |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Vossevangen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Tonje Såkvitne (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,041.97 km2 (788.41 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,957.87 km2 (755.94 sq mi) |
• Water | 84.10 km2 (32.47 sq mi) 4.1% |
• Rank | #35 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 16,144 |
• Rank | #76 in Norway |
• Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | ![]() |
Demonyms | Vossing Voss (male) Vosse (female)[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-4621[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 2,042-square-kilometre (788 sq mi) municipality is the 35th largest by area of Norway's 356 municipalities. Voss is Norway's 76th most populous municipality, with a population of 16,144. Its population density is 8.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (21/sq mi) and its population has increased by 7.9% over the last 10 years.[4][5]