Norway Yearbook - 1996

Settlement
The map shows populated areas and the number of
inhabitants in major urban areas as of 1 January 1995.
Urban areas with 5000 or more inhabitants are shown
with circles on the map. Oslo. the largest urban area,
has 722871 inhabitants.
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An urban area is an agglomeration of houses
having at least 200 residents and where the
distance between the houses does not as
a rule exceed 50 metres.
Around three fourths of the population
of Norway live along the coast.
Other fairly densely populated
areas are the plain regions of
Eastern Norway and the valleys.
Norway ¡s one of the most sparsely
populated countries in Europe,
with 14 persons per km2.
The smallest map shows the
percentage of county inhabitants
living in urban areas as
of 1 January 1995. In 1865,
around 20% of Norways
population lived in urban
areas. By 1995, the figure
had reached 74 %.
Bodo
Tromso
n
Urban areas
500 000 inhabitants
200 000
50 000
5 000
Populated areas
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Distribution of county
populations in urban areas:
47-53%
59-64%
[Zi 72-76%
79-87%
100%
Entire country: 74 %
O 50 tOO 50 200km
Source: National atlas for Norway
© Norwegian Mapping Authority 1996 STATENS KARIVERK
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