Information About

Bjerkreim




  Idnumber 1114
  County Rogaland
  Landscape Dalane
  Capital Vikeså
  Governor Asbjørn Ramsli ( Sp )
  Governor As Of 2005
  Arearank 170
  Area 650
  Arealand 577
  Areapercent 020
  Population As Of 2004
  Populationrank 306
  Population 2,461
  Populationpercent 005
  Populationdensity 4
  Populationincrease 10
  Language Neutral, but the schools and churches use Nynorsk
  Lat Deg 58 lat_min=39 lat_sec=25 lon_deg=6 lon_min=8 lon_sec=48
  Utm Zone 32V utm_northing=6505393 utm_easting=0334476 geo_cat=adm2nd
  Coatofarms
  Map <!--Replace with Municipality map-->
  Munwebpage wwwbjerkreimkommuneno


Bjerkreim is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway , in the Southwestern Part of the country. The distance to the nearest airport, Stavanger Airport in Sola , is approximately 40 minutes by car.

Nature has been generous in giving Bjerkreim many idyllic places. making Bjerkreim a good place to live by living in a countryside environment, but still relatively close to a major city, Stavanger . With a close proximity to nature and wildlife, the two and a half thousand inhabitants in Bjerkreim have a total area of 585 km&2 at their disposal, which includes one of the most important Salmon rivers in Norway, ''Bjerkreimselva''.

The most important livelyhoods are Agriculture and small-scale industries.

The municiplity has 2 primary schools and 2 kindergartens.

Bjerkreim local council is the authority's highest political committee and has 17 representatives. The executive committee has 5 members, who also make up the authority's planning and economical committee. The mayor leads both the local council and the executive committee. In addition there are 2 different sector committees.

The main means of communication is via European Route E39 which passes through the municipality.


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