Everything about Fjell totally explained
Fjell is a municipality in the county of
Hordaland,
Norway.
Fjell was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt).
The municipality consists of several islands west of
Bergen, the major ones being
Litle-Sotra,
Sotra (the northern part)
Bjorøy and
Turøy. Due to the construction of the mainland bridge (
Sotrabroen) in
1971 and its proximity to Bergen, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to over 20,000, and it's presently the Norwegian municipality with the highest growth rate. The result is major traffic jams over the bridge every day. A highway that leads to the Bergen has reduced the traveling time to only fifteen minutes from the community centre at
Straume on Litle-Sotra.
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Fjell (
Norse Fjall), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word
fjall or 'mountain'. (The oldest form of the name was
Undir Fjalli 'under/below the mountain'.)
Until 1918 the name was written "Fjeld".
Further Information
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