Flesland

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Flesland is a village in Bergen municipality, Norway. As of January 1, 2008, its population is 335. [1]

It is the site of Bergen Airport, Flesland and Flesland Air Station.

The name

The village is named after the old farm Flesland, and the Norse form of the name was probably Flesjaland. The first element is the genitive plural of fles f 'skerry, sunken rock', the last element is land n 'land, farm'.

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References

  1. Statistics Norway (2009). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Coordinates: 60°18′N5°13′E / 60.300°N 5.217°E / 60.300; 5.217

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.