municipality in Akershus County, Norway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bærum ([²bæːrʉm] (listen)) is a city in Akershus County, Norway. The city was created as a municipality on 1 January 1838. It is a suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city.
Bærum kommune | |
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![]() Bærum within Akershus | |
Coordinates: 59°56′18″N 10°30′24″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Akershus |
Administrative centre | Sandvika |
Government | |
• Mayor (2011) | Lisbeth Hammer Krog (H) |
Area | |
• Total | 192 km2 (74 sq mi) |
• Land | 189 km2 (73 sq mi) |
• Rank | 334 in Norway |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 124,008 |
• Rank | 5th in Norway |
• Density | 547/km2 (1,420/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | 9.8% |
Demonym | Bæring[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0219 |
Official language form | Bokmål[2] |
Website | www |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1951 | 35,838 | — |
1961 | 57,573 | +60.6% |
1971 | 76,580 | +33.0% |
1981 | 80,385 | +5.0% |
1991 | 90,579 | +12.7% |
2001 | 101,340 | +11.9% |
2011 | 112,789 | +11.3% |
2012 | 114,489 | +1.5% |
Source: Statistics Norway.[3] |
Bærum has the highest income per capita in Norway[4] and the highest proportion of university-educated individuals.[5]
The municipality has been voted the best Norwegian place to live in considering governance and public services to citizens.[6]
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