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Vestland

First-level unit, Norway: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NOR-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NOR / NOStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
534,480
people (GHSL 2025)
33,519 km²
area
11.4%
of Norway
58
units inside
01Map

Inside Vestland

The 58 ADM2 units of Vestland.

FIG 1 · 58 units inside Vestland
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
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Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

534,480

11.4% of Norway.

People · WorldPop 2025

507,878

-5% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

33,519 km²

16 people per km².

Code

NO-46

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

11,537

people on land at or below 10 m, 2.2% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

58 units inside Vestland

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
Årdal nor–5,4124,655971.0661%122
Askøy nor–21,18523,09693.442274%228
Askvoll nor–1,9512,041320.8660.4%16
Aurland nor–1,0551,0271,459.4810.2%0
Austevoll nor–1,1821,554101.38120.2%58
Austrheim nor–1661,43146.3740%14
Balestrand nor–6151,084426.8110.1%13
Bergen nor–278,336252,556459.9160552.1%7,912
Bømlo nor–8,2287,428217.01381.5%373
Bremanger nor–3,0392,600832.4340.6%31
Eid nor–5,9316,297466.46131.1%128
Eidfjord nor–3992741,48300.1%1
Etne nor–4,2563,631730.8760.8%185
Fedje nor–2452457.11340%0
Fitjar nor–2,0532,675131.02160.4%78
Fjaler nor–1,4381,872419.8130.3%25
Fjell nor–18,68922,689131.421423.5%1,131
Flora nor–7631,161668.1410.1%4
Førde nor–12,82313,601581.76222.4%0
Fusa nor–2,7652,660374.2870.5%37
Gaular nor–2,2542,908578.4440.4%5
Gloppen nor–5,2315,2511,026.1451%9
Granvin nor–9811,006210.4250.2%12
Gulen nor–7801,216581.9110.1%25
Høyanger nor–4,1913,349900.850.8%7
Hyllestad nor–1,102921258.6940.2%3
Jølster nor–3,0403,113667.550.6%0
Jondal nor–991589245.7940.2%3
Kvam nor–5,9506,247612.74101.1%169
Kvinnherad nor–7,5074,8891,080.3171.4%174
Lærdal nor–2,3012,0561,336.2920.4%14
Leikanger nor–1,1641,006179.3960.2%0
Lindås nor–13,21510,387474.84282.5%524
Luster nor–4,8074,5862,690.0520.9%104
Masfjorden nor–870940553.6120.2%52
Meland nor–6,0727,14190.54671.1%48
Modalen nor–418380409.7210.1%2
Naustdal nor–2,6242,566367.0870.5%0
Odda nor–7,5246,2441,605.8251.4%50
Os nor–11,59812,390133.08872.2%374
Osterøy nor–7,5296,149255.31291.4%122
Øygarden nor–61378350.62120.1%107
Radøy nor–1,4892,254106.48140.3%66
Samnanger nor–1,7172,185267.4260.3%4
Selje nor–9241,593230.140.2%19
Sogndal nor–6,4666,765741.8491.2%26
Solund nor–353294217.3520.1%20
Stord nor–16,29314,766140.761163.1%520
Stryn nor–6,6585,7661,371.7351.2%40
Sund nor–4,7395,53191.12520.9%394
Sveio nor–3,9234,020241.73160.7%140
Tysnes nor–2,4732,588248.02100.5%22
Ullensvang nor–3,2532,9061,392.1920.6%30
Ulvik nor–1,131977718.0320.2%13
Vågsøy nor–1,9622,013177.26110.4%42
Vaksdal nor–3,2622,006710.850.6%25
Vik nor–2,6032,237831.5330.5%40
Voss nor–15,64914,9391,795.3892.9%0
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
10.2 H3 cells
Ports
2 H3 cells
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
1,894.5 H3 cells
Railways
241 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Vestland publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Norway.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NOR ADM1, source: Kartverket, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NOR ADM2, source: Geonorge, Mapping Authority of Norway, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2013
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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