Voss
Voss Municipality
Voss herad | |
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| Voss kommune (historic name) | |
Voss in March 2005 | |
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Vestland within Norway | |
Voss within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 60°42′09″N 06°25′23″E / 60.70250°N 6.42306°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Voss |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Vossevangen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Tonje Såkvitne (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,041.97 km2 (788.41 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,957.87 km2 (755.94 sq mi) |
| • Water | 84.10 km2 (32.47 sq mi) 4.1% |
| • Rank | #35 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 16,144 |
| • Rank | #76 in Norway |
| • Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +7.9% |
| Demonyms | Vossing Voss (male) Vosse (female) |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4621 |
| Website | Official website |
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Voss (ⓘ) is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Oppheim, Stalheim, and Vinje.
The 2,042-square-kilometre (788 sq mi) municipality is the 35th largest by area of Norway's 356 municipalities. Voss is Norway's 76th most populous municipality, with a population of 16,144. Its population density is 8.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (21/sq mi) and its population has increased by 7.9% over the last 10 years.