Bjerkreim
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| County | Rogaland | |
| District | Dalane | |
| Municipality | NO-1114 | |
| Administrative centre | Vikeså | |
| Mayor (2005) | Asbjørn Ramsli (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Neutral, but the schools and churches use Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 170 650 km² 577 km² 0.20 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 306 2,461 0.05 % 1.0 % 4/km² |
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| www.bjerkreim.kommune.no |
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Bjerkreim is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway, in the southwestern part of the country. The distance to the nearest airport, Stavanger airport in Sola, is approximately 40 minutes by car.
Nature has been generous in giving Bjerkreim many idyllic places, making Bjerkreim a good place to live by living in a countryside environment, but still relatively close to a major city, Stavanger. With proximity to nature and wildlife, the two and a half thousand inhabitants in Bjerkreim have a total area of 585 km² at their disposal, which includes one of the most important salmon rivers in Norway, Bjerkreimselva.
The most important livelihoods are agriculture and small-scale industries.
The municiplity has 2 primary schools and 2 kindergartens.
Bjerkreim local council is the authority's highest political committee and has 17 representatives. The executive committee has 5 members, who also make up the authority's planning and economical committee. The mayor leads both the local council and the executive committee. In addition there are 2 different sector committees.
The main means of communication is via European route E39 which passes through the municipality.
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| Municipalities of Rogaland |  |
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Bjerkreim | Bokn | Eigersund | Finnøy | Forsand | Gjesdal | Haugesund | Hjelmeland | Hå | Karmøy | Klepp | Kvitsøy | Lund | Randaberg | Rennesøy | Sandnes | Sauda | Sokndal | Sola | Stavanger | Strand | Suldal | Time | Tysvær | Utsira | Vindafjord |
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