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Flesland

Coordinates: 60°17′45″N 5°12′46″E / 60.2958°N 5.2129°E / 60.2958; 5.2129
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Flesland
Neighborhood in Bergen
Flesland is located in Vestland
Flesland
Flesland
Location of the neighborhood
Flesland is located in Norway
Flesland
Flesland
Flesland (Norway)
Coordinates: 60°17′45″N 5°12′46″E / 60.2958°N 5.2129°E / 60.2958; 5.2129
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyVestland
MunicipalityBergen
BoroughYtrebygda
Area
 • Total0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Elevation23 m (75 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total352
 • Density819/km2 (2,120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Flesland is a village in the borough of Ytrebygda in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It sits on the western coast of the Bergen Peninsula, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of the city centre of Bergen. It is the site of Bergen Airport, Flesland and Flesland Air Station.

The 0.43-square-kilometre (110-acre) village has a population (2019) of 352 and a population density of 819 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,120/sq mi).[2]

Name

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The village is named after the old Flesland farm, and the Old Norse form of the name was probably Flesjaland. The first element is the genitive plural of fles which means "skerry" or "sunken rock" and the last element is land which means "land" or "farm".[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Flesland, Bergen (Vestland)". yr.no. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2019). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  3. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 243.