Hordaland County Municipality

Hordaland County Municipality
Hordaland fylkeskommune
County

Coat of arms

Location in Norway
Country Norway
Administrative center Bergen
Government
 • County mayor Anne Gine Hestetun
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 Anne Gine Hestetun(Labour party) while her deputy is Rune Haugsdal. Politically the county municipality is led by a coalition between the Labour party, the Liberal party and the Christian Democrats.

Council membership

The county council for 2015-2019 party breakdown is as follows:[1]

Hordaland Fylkestinget 2015–2019
Party NameName in NorwegianNumber of
representatives
 Labour PartyArbeiderpartiet20
 Progress PartyFramstegspartiet7
 Conservative PartyHøgre12
 Christian Democratic PartyKristelig Folkeparti4
 Red PartyRaudt1
 Centre PartySenterpartiet4
 Socialist Left PartySosialistisk Venstreparti3
 Liberal PartyVenstre3
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 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 Buss and its predecessors.

References

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