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Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Norwayi
Regional Level Types
FjellMunicipality (Former)
ØygardenMunicipality
VestlandCounty
NorwayCountry

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Type:
Municipality (Former) - last checked 2020
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Ågotnes1,344 (2013)
Knappskog1,045 (2013)
Sollsvika536 (2013)
Li349 (2018)
Misje226 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
214137
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214137:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Norvège
German:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Norwegen
Italian:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norvegia
Norwegian:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Norge
Russian:
Фьелль, Эйгарден, Норвегия
Simplified Chinese:
菲耶爾, 厄于加倫, 韋斯特蘭郡, 挪威
Spanish:
Fjell, Øygarden, Noruega
Albanian:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norvegjia
Asturian:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Noruega
Basque:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norvegia
Bavarian:
Fjell , Øygarden, Norwegn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ফজেল, আয়গার্ডেন, নরৱে
Catalan:
Fjell, Øygarden, Noruega
Cebuano:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norway
Danish:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Norge
Dutch:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Noorwegen
Esperanto:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norvegio
Finnish:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norja
Javanese:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norwégia
Latin:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norvegia
Limburgian:
Fjell, Øygarden, Noorwege
Low Saxon/Low German:
Kommun Fjell, Kommun Øygarden, Norwegen
Malay:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norway
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Fjell, Øygarden, Lo̍k-ui
Northern Sami:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norga
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland fylke, Noreg
Polish:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Norwegia
Portuguese:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Noruega
Romanian:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norvegia
Slovenian:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norveška
Swahili:
Fjell, Øygarden, Norwei
Swedish:
Fjell, Øygarden, Vestland, Norge
Vietnamese:
Fjell, Øygarden, Na Uy
Waray:
Fjell, Øygarden, Noruega


Fjell is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Midhordland. The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, the northern part of Store Sotra, Bildøy, Bjorøy, Misje, and Turøy. The administrative centre of Fjell is the village of Straume. Some of the villages in Fjell included Ågotnes, Fjell, Foldnes, Knappskog, Knarrevik, Kolltveit, Landro, and Sekkingstad.

Due to the opening of the Sotra Bridge to the mainland in 1971 and its proximity to the city of Bergen, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to over 25,000 as of 2017. The result is major traffic jams over the bridge every day. The highway that leads to Bergen has reduced the traveling time to only fifteen minutes from the municipal centre at Straume on Litlesotra to the center of Bergen.

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 148-square-kilometre (57 sq mi) municipality is the 355th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Fjell was the 43rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 25,204.

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

6 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
References:
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Fluorite var. Blue John
Formula: CaF2
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite
var. Blue John
3.AB.25CaF2
3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F Fluorite var. Blue JohnCaF2
F FluoriteCaF2
AlAluminium
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Fluorite var. Blue JohnCaF2
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2

Fossils

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjell
Wikidata ID:Q473529
GeoNames ID:3157357

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
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