Os, Hordaland

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Os kommune

County

Hordaland

District

Midhordland

Municipality

[[ISO 3166-2:NO>NO-1243]]

Administrative centre

Osøyro

Mayor (2005)

Terje Søviknes (Frp)

Official language form

Nynorsk

Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage

140 Square kilometre>km²
134 km²
0.04 %

Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density

Ranked 65
14,611
0.32 %
12.0 %
109/km²

Coordinates

[www.os-ho.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]

Coordinates: Os is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Os was made a municipality in 1837 and until 1854 included neighbouring Fusa and Samnanger. The name Os comes from the Os vicarage which, in turn, was named after the Os river whose mouth runs through the centre of Os.

Politics

In 1999, the right-wing Progressive Party won the election, and Terje Søviknes became mayor making him the first FrP politician to hold that position. Since then, twelve other municipalities have got a FrP mayor.

External links

[Midtsiden]

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