Editing Hordaland (section)

== History ==
{{Historical populations
|footnote = '''''Source''': [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/12.html Statistics Norway].''<ref>http://www.ssb.no/fob/kommunehefte/12/fob_12_tabeller.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/03/folkfram/tab-2009-06-11-06.html |title=Tabell 6 Folkemengde per 1. Januar, etter fylke og kommune. Registrert 2009. Framskrevet 2010-2030, alternativ MMMM |access-date=2016-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821203824/http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/03/folkfram/tab-2009-06-11-06.html |archive-date=2009-08-21 }}</ref>
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|1769|63757
|1900|205771
|1950|308164
|1960|338265
|1970|369430
|1980|388084
|1990|407427
|2000|435219
|2010|477175
|2014|508500
}}
{{bar box
| title    = Religion in Hordaland<ref>[https://archive.today/20120716151336/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=kirke_kostra Statistics Norway – Church of Norway.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/02/10/trosamf_en/tab-2010-12-13-02-en.html Statistics Norway – Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. County. 2006–2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102060754/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/02/10/trosamf_en/tab-2010-12-13-02-en.html |date=2011-11-02 }}</ref>
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| left1    = religion
| right1   = percent
| float    = right
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{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|Purple|87.34}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|0.77}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|Red|0.22}}
{{bar percent|Other|Blue|11.67}}
}}
Hordaland county had been around for more than one thousand years.  In the 7th century, the area was made up of many [[petty kingdom]]s under the [[Gulating]] and was known as ''Hordafylke'' from around the year 900. In the early 16th century, Norway was divided into four ''len''.  The [[Bergenhus len]] was headquartered in [[Bergen]] and encompassed much of western and northern Norway.<ref name=no />

In 1662, the ''lens'' were replaced by [[Amt (country subdivision)#The amt in Norway|amts]].  ''Bergenhus amt'' originally consisted of the present-day areas of Hordaland, [[Sogn og Fjordane]], and [[Sunnmøre]] and the far northern [[Nordlandene amt]] was subordinate to Bergenhus.  In the 1680s, Nordlandene and Sunnmøre were split from Bergenhus. In 1763, the ''amt'' was divided into northern and southern parts: ''Nordre Bergenhus amt'' and ''Søndre Bergenhus amt''.  When the amt was split, the present day municipality of [[Gulen (municipality)|Gulen]] was split with the southern part ending up in Søndre Bergenhus amt.  In 1773, the border was re-drawn so that all of Gulen was located in the northern part.  Søndre Bergenhus amt was renamed ''Hordaland fylke'' in 1919.<ref name=no />

The city of [[Bergen]] was classified as a city-county ''(byamt)'' from 1831 to 1972.  During that time in 1915, the municipality of [[Årstad (municipality)|Årstad]] was annexed into Bergen.  In 1972, the neighbouring municipalities of [[Arna (municipality)|Arna]], [[Fana (municipality)|Fana]], [[Laksevåg (municipality)|Laksevåg]] and [[Åsane (municipality)|Åsane]] were annexed into the city of Bergen.  Also at that same time, the city of Bergen lost its county status, and became a part of Hordaland county.<ref name=no />