Editing Hordaland (section)

== Government ==
[[File:Lofthus1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hardanger]] is one of Norway's most important sources of [[fruit]], providing approximately 40% of the country's fruit production, including [[apple]]s, [[plum]]s, [[pear]]s, [[Cherry|cherries]], and [[redcurrant]]s.]]
A county ''(fylke)'' is the chief local administrative area in [[Norway]]. The whole country is divided into 19 counties. A county is also an election area, with popular votes taking place every 4 years.  In Hordaland, the government of the county was the [[Hordaland County Municipality]].  It included 57 members elected to form a [[county council (Norway)|county council]] ''(Fylkesting)''. Heading the ''Fylkesting'' was the county mayor ''(fylkesordførar)''. The last county mayor for the [[Hordaland County Municipality]] was [[Anne Gine Hestetun]].

The county also had a [[County governor (Norway)|County Governor]] ''(fylkesmann)'' who was the representative of the [[Monarchy of Norway|King]] and [[Politics of Norway|Government of Norway]]. [[Lars Sponheim]] was the last [[List of County Governors of Hordaland|County Governor of Hordaland]].
The municipalities in Hordaland were divided among four [[district court (Norway)|district courts]] ''(tingrett)'': [[Nordhordland District Court|Nordhordland]], [[Sunnhordland District Court|Sunnhordland]], [[Bergen District Court|Bergen]], and [[Hardanger District Court|Hardanger]]. Hordaland was also part of the [[Gulating Court of Appeal]] district based in Bergen.<ref name=no>[[:no:Hordaland]]</ref>
* Nordhordland District Court: [[Askøy]], [[Austevoll]], [[Austrheim]], [[Fedje]], [[Fjell]], [[Fusa]], [[Lindås]], [[Masfjorden]], [[Meland]], [[Modalen]], [[Os, Hordaland|Os]], [[Osterøy]], [[Radøy]], [[Samnanger]], [[Sund, Norway|Sund]], [[Vaksdal]], [[Voss]], [[Øygarden]], and [[Gulen (municipality)|Gulen]] (Gulen was actually in neighbouring [[Sogn og Fjordane]] county)
* Sunnhordland District Court: [[Bømlo]], [[Etne]], [[Fitjar]], [[Kvinnherad]], [[Stord]], [[Sveio]] and [[Tysnes]]
* Bergen District Court: the city of [[Bergen]]
* Hardanger District Court: [[Eidfjord]], [[Granvin]], [[Jondal]], [[Kvam]], [[Odda]], [[Ullensvang]] and [[Ulvik]]

Most of the municipalities in Hordaland were part of the Hordaland [[Law enforcement by country#Norway|police district]]. [[Gulen (municipality)|Gulen]] and [[Solund]] in [[Sogn og Fjordane]] county were also part of the Hordaland police district. [[Bømlo]], [[Etne]], [[Fitjar]], [[Stord]] and [[Sveio]] were a part of the ''"[[Haugaland]] and [[Sunnhordland]]"'' police district, along with eight other municipalities in [[Rogaland]] county.<ref name=no />