Largest urban areas of Norway

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This is a list of the largest urban areas of Norway by population.

The population is measured by Statistics Norway. The statistics bureau uses the term tettsted (urban settlement or urban area), which is defined as a contiguous built-up area with a maximum distance of 50 metres between houses, unless further distance is caused by public areas, cemeteries or similar. Furthermore, to obtain tettsted-status, the area must have at least 200 inhabitants.^[1]

Using this definition, there are 922 urban areas in Norway.

Some urban areas in Norway have witnessed conurbation and grown together.

Urban area	Population 1.1.2008	Population 1.1.2007	Population 1.1.2006	Population per square km	Municipality	Population inside municipality 1.1.2008	Remarks
Oslo	856.915	839.423	825.105	3.009	Oslo Bærum Asker Skedsmo Lørenskog Oppegård Rælingen Ski Nittedal Røyken Gjerdrum Sørum	557.848 106.923 51.353 43.728 31.528 23.756 13.055 10.485 9.285 7.592 5.508 1.362
Bergen	223.593	220.418	218.032	2.387	Bergen	223.593
Stavanger/Sandnes	185.913	181.280	177.337	2.387	Stavanger Sandnes Sola Randaberg	117.260 49.405 11.167 8.081
Trondheim	156.794	152.845	150.049	2.509	Trondheim	156.794
Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg	100.458	99.227	98.152	1.533	Fredrikstad Sarpsborg	58.280 42.178
Drammen	94.901	93.006	91.584	1.915	Drammen Øvre Eiker Nedre Eiker Lier Røyken	57.981 7.194 21.568 4.971 3.187
Porsgrunn/Skien	86.342	85.812	85.408	1.493	Porsgrunn Skien Bamble	31.542 44.846 9.954
Kristiansand	66.532	65.636	64.930	2.082	Kristiansand	66.532
Tromsø	54.070	53.622	53.042	2.418	Tromsø	54.070
Tønsberg	46.862	46.091	45.447	1.518	Tønsberg Nøtterøy	30.748 16.114
Ålesund	45.902	45.299	44.706	1.533	Ålesund Sula	38.868 7.034
Haugesund	42.112	41.183	40.685	1.792	Haugesund Karmøy	31.907 10.205
Sandefjord	40.596	40.211	39.849	1.493	Sandefjord Larvik	39.909 687
Moss	40.309	40.217	34.684	1.864	Moss Rygge Vestby	27.876 7.373 5.060	The urban area of Moss includes from 2007 Son and Store Brevik in the county of Akershus.
Bodø	36.073	35.618	35.106	2.419	Bodø	36.073
Arendal	32.103	31.442	31.182	1.222	Arendal Grimstad	32.040 63
Hamar	29.808	29.479	29.077	1.656	Hamar Ringsaker Stange	23.258 891 5.659
Larvik	23.577	23.359	23.164	1.627	Larvik	23.577
Halden	22.688	22.339	22.184	1.607	Halden	22.688
Lillehammer	19.922	19.638	19.422	1.545	Lillehammer	19.922
Harstad	19.470	19.573	19.528	1.676	Harstad	19.470
Molde	19.217	18.631	18.579	1.806	Molde	19.217	The urban area of Molde includes from 2008 even the earlier u.a. Røbekk.
Kongsberg	18.565	18.136	17.914	1.448	Kongsberg	18.565
Gjøvik	18.424	17.987	17.897	1.428	Gjøvik	18.424
Askøy	18.054	17.754	17.480	1.202	Askøy	18.054
Horten	17.966	17.940	17.723	2.099	Horten	17.966
Mo i Rana	17.750	17.830	17.942	1.391	Rana	17.750
Kristiansund	16.854	16.820	16.829	2.155	Kristiansund	16.854
Narvik	13.958	13.944	13.950	2.065	Narvik	13.958
Jessheim	14.632	13.385	13.038	1.701	Ullensaker	14.632
Hønefoss	14.177	13.930	13.811	1.380	Ringerike	14.177
Alta	13.344	13.128	12.530	1.349	Alta	13.344
Elverum	13.295	13.051	12.757	1.088	Elverum	13.295
Askim	12.884	12.696	12.570	1.654	Askim	12.884
Ski	12.934	12.687	12.670	1.957	Ski Ås	11.318 1.616
Drøbak	12.239	11.853	11.514	1.764	Frogn	12.239
Steinkjer	11.443	11.338	11.137	1.327	Steinkjer	11.443
Nesoddtangen	11.420	11.285	11.083	1.655	Nesodden	11.420
Kongsvinger	11.394	11 181	11.125	1.358	Kongsvinger	11.394
Leirvik	11.342	11.237	11.143	1.341	Stord	11.342
Vennesla	11.289	11.057	11.009	1.331	Vennesla Kristiansand	9.361 1.928
Stjørdalshalsen	10.638	10.494	10.227	1.461	Stjørdal	10.638
Mandal	10.512	10.372	10.281	1.553	Mandal	10.512
Grimstad	10.454	10.133	9.973	1.071	Grimstad	10.454

[edit] References

1. ^ Statistics Norway, "Tettsteder. Folkemengde og areal, etter kommune. 1. januar 2008"

[edit] See also

• Urban area
• Geography of Norway
• Largest urban areas in Sweden
• Largest urban areas in Denmark
• Largest urban areas in Scandinavia
• Largest urban areas in New Zealand
• Largest urban areas of the European Union
• Largest urban areas of the United States
• List of the 100 largest urban areas in Canada by population
• Urban culture

[edit] Lenker

1. SSB liste over største tettsted, rangert
2. SSB tabell over tettsteder, ikke rangert
3. SSB. om tettstedbegrepet