Place:Samnanger, Hordaland, Norway

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NameSamnanger
TypeMunicipality
Located inHordaland, Norway
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Samnanger is a municipality in the Midhordland region of Vestland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tysse. Other main villages in the municipality include Haga and Bjørkheim in Nordbygda. The municipality is located about east of the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. It surrounds the inner part of the Samnangerfjorden and the surrounding valleys. There are mountains that surround the municipality. The development of hydroelectric power plants started here in 1909.

The municipality is the 274th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Samnanger is the 254th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,485. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.6% over the previous 10-year period.

In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Samnanger be closed.

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