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Nature and the environment: Area
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Land use and transport in the nine largest urban areas
Reports 2021/15
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Buliding activity in rural areas 2008-2018
Reports 2020/16
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Agricultural land converted to built-up areas for agricultural production
Reports 2019/15
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Holiday houses more clustered
There are 464 000 holiday houses in Norway. Solitary holiday houses still make up the largest group, but will soon be surpassed by holiday houses that are situated within densely built-up holiday house areas.
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Holiday houses and holiday house areas within a 4-hour drive from the largest urban areas in Norway
Reports 2018/30
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Analysis on holiday house area
Reports 2017/34
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Population density increases with size of urban area
The density of residents, employees and businesses in centre zones is higher in large urban settlements.
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Forest, mountain and moorland dominate
Forest, mountain and moorland dominate Norway’s land cover. About 2 per cent of Norway’s land area is built-up. Roads make up the largest share of the built-up area.
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Two thirds of Norway’s coast is accessible to the public
A third of the Norwegian coastal zone is affected by human activity, but there are large regional differences. The coastal zone along the Oslo Fjord is least accessible.
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A sixth of mainland Norway is protected areas
Protected areas comprise more than a sixth of mainland Norway’s total land area, which is triple that of 2000. In recent years there have only been minor increases, with 0.3 per cent in 2016, roughly the size of the Norwegian municipality of Bærum...
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Conversion of agricultural land - use of spatial analysis for exploring conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses
Reports 2017/14
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14 per cent of holiday houses have more than 500 metres to their neighbour
The total number of holiday houses in Norway in 2016 was approximately 454 000. Most holiday houses are located in contiguous holiday house areas with less than 500 metres to their neighbour, but every seventh holiday house is outside a holiday ho...
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Half of holiday houses have less than 75 metres to their neighbour
The total number of holiday houses in Norway in 2016 was approximately 454 000. 48 per cent of these were located in densely built-up holiday house areas with a distance of less than 75 metres between houses.
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Updated land cover figures
The figures for land cover by basic statistical unit, municipality and county are updated in the StatBank.
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High share of residential purposes in urban areas
Eighty per cent of the urban areas in Norway are built-up. Half of this, 40 per cent is used for residential purposes. Land used for roads covers 15 per cent, and areas used for business and administration services make up 9 per cent of the urban ...
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