Meland
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| County | Hordaland | |
| Landscape | Nordhordland | |
| Municipality | NO-1256 | |
| Administrative centre | Frekhaug | |
| Mayor (2003) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 391 93 km² 87 km² 0.03 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 172 5,767 0.13 % 20.2 % 66/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.meland.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1256) | ||
Meland is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The administrative centre is at Frekhaug, in the south-eastern part of the island Holsnøy, which makes for the larger part of the municipality. In addition a number of smaller islands, among these Flatøy and Ypsøy. When approaching the region of Nordhordland from Bergen, you'll enter Meland via the 1610 m long Nordhordland Bridge, built in 1994.
External link
- Official homepage (http://www.meland.kommune.no/) with daily news, post journal and discussion board.
| Municipalities of Hordaland | Missing image Hordaland_vapen.png Hordaland coat of arms |
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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 | |