Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Vestland
- District
- Voss
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Administrative centre
- Vossavangen
- Mayor 2023
- Tonje Såkvitne ( Sp )
- Total
- 2,041.96 km (788.41 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,957.71 km (755.88 sq mi)
- Water
- 84.25 km (32.53 sq mi) 4.1%
- Rank
- # 35 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,575.92 m (5,170.3 ft)
- Density
- 8/km (21/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +9.2%
- Demonyms
- Vossing, Voss (male), Vosse (female)
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1838
- Location
- Voss, Norway
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
Voss (pronunciation) is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Voss. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossavangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Djønno, Evanger, Granvin, Kvitheim, Klyve, Kvitheim, Kyte, Mjølfjell, Nordheim, Oppheim, Stalheim, Vinje, and Ygre.
The 2,042-square-kilometre (788 sq mi) municipality is the 35th largest by area of Norway's 357 municipalities. Voss Municipality is Norway's 77th most populous municipality, with a population of 16,436. Its population density is 8 inhabitants per square kilometre (21/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.2% over the previous ten-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Voss Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.