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Bærum kommune | |
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 Coat of arms  Akershus within Norway | |
 Bærum within Akershus | |
| Coordinates: 59°56′18″N 10°30′24″E / 59.93833°N 10.50667°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Akershus |
| Administrative centre | Sandvika |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2011) | Lisbeth Hammer Krog (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 192 km2 (74 sq mi) |
| • Land | 189 km2 (73 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 334 in Norway |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 124,008 |
| • Rank | 5th in Norway |
| • Density | 547/km2 (1,420/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | 9.8% |
| Demonym | Bæring[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0219 |
| Official language form | Bokmål[2] |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1951 | 35,838 | — |
| 1961 | 57,573 | +60.6% |
| 1971 | 76,580 | +33.0% |
| 1981 | 80,385 | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 90,579 | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 101,340 | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 112,789 | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 114,489 | +1.5% |
| Source: Statistics Norway.[3] | ||
Bærum ([²bæːrʉm] (
listen)) is a city in Akershus County, Norway. The city was created as a municipality on 1 January 1838. It is a suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city.
Bærum has the highest income per capita in Norway[4] and the highest proportion of university-educated individuals.[5]
The municipality has been voted the best Norwegian place to live in considering governance and public services to citizens.[6]
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References
- ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ↑ Projected population – Statistics Norway
- ↑ "Skattelister 2008". Oslo: NRK. 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009.
- ↑ "Næringsliv". Sandvika: Bærum kommune. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
- ↑ "Norges beste sted" [Norway's best place]. Dagbladet. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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