Hordaland County Municipality

Hordaland County Municipality
Hordaland fylkeskommune
County

Coat of arms

Location in Norway
Country Norway
Administrative center Bergen
Government
  County mayor Torill Selsvold Nyborg
ISO 3166 code NO-12
Revenue NOK 3,300 million
Employees 4,200
Schools 46
Pupils 17,000
Transit authority Skyss
Website www.hordaland.no

Hordaland County Municipality (Norwegian: Hordaland fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of Hordaland county, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 46 upper secondary schools, with 17,000 pupils. It manages all the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage sites in the county.

The county council has 57 members, and Chairman of the County Council is Torill Selsvold Nyborg (Christian Democrats) while her deputy is Tom-Christer Nilsen (Conservative). Politically the county municipality is led by a coalition between the Progress Party, the Conservative Party and the Christian Democrats.

Council membership

The county council for 2011-2015 party breakdown is as follows:[1]

Hordaland Fylkestinget 2011–2015
Party NameName in NorwegianNumber of
representatives
 Labour PartyArbeiderpartiet16
 Progress PartyFramstegspartiet8
 Conservative PartyHøgre17
 Christian Democratic PartyKristelig Folkeparti5
 Red PartyRaudt1
 Centre PartySenterpartiet3
 Socialist Left PartySosialistisk Venstreparti2
 Liberal PartyVenstre4
 Local ListsLokale lister1
Total number of members:57

Transport

Public transport in Hordaland is the responsibility of the county municipality, including the city buses in the city of Bergen. Control of the city buses was transferred from the city to the county on 1 January 2008.

In 2007, the county municipality created the transit authority company called "Skyss" that would market public transport while is would be operated by private companies based on public service obligation contracts. Prior to this, most routes had been operated by the private company Tide.

References

  1. "Members of county councils, by party/electoral list1 and county. 2011" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 2015-04-12.

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