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- Location: Norway, west coast
- County: Hordaland
- Population 2004: 235.500
- Area : 456 km2
- Original name was “Bjørgvin”, meaning “flat between mountains”.
- Capital city up to 1294.
- Hanseatic office from 1343 to 1640
- Bergen is the second largest city in Norway.
- One of the worlds largest towns measured by size.
- Bergen was founded in 1070 by king Olav Kyrre
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