Classification of urban settlement

A cluster of buildings shall be registered as an urban settlement if it is inhabited by at least 200 persons. The distance between the buildings shall normally not exceed 50 metres. Distances more than 50 metres are allowed in areas that can not or should not be build up. This may for example be parks, facilities for sports, industrial areas and natural barriers such as rivers or arable land. Smaller clusters of buildings that naturally belong to the urban settlement should be included if situated in a distance up to 400 metres from the main urban settlement.

Urban settlement 2026

Valid from
1.1.2026
Valid to
1.1.2027

There are 7 new urban settlements and 8 re-established urban settlements in 2025, including Spikkestad, which had not been a separate urban settlement since 1998 but has now been separated from Drammen again. There are 5 discontinued urban settlements. Urban settlement 6681, Malvik, has been renamed to Vikhammer. See the table of changes for details.

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Urban settlement 2018 - Urban settlement 2017

ID
1723
Owner section
320 - Division for population statistic
Responsible
Rapp, Bjørn Lie

Codes

The correspondence links 14 codes from “Urban settlement 2018” to 12 codes from “Urban settlement 2017”.

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Urban settlement 2018Urban settlement 2017
—No corresponding code1091Namnå
1103Sønsterud
4094Årnes
4131Helle
4132Byremo
4578Nærland
5046Melandsvågen
6044Remøy
6047Tjørvåg
7541Hommelstø
7571Tjøtta
7792Napp
1531Lesja—No corresponding code
2599Gretteåsen—No corresponding code
3613Bygland—No corresponding code
4103Øye—No corresponding code
4121Skeie—No corresponding code
4695Padlene—No corresponding code
5525Vadheim—No corresponding code
5604Hafslo—No corresponding code
6054Dimna—No corresponding code
7544Nordhus—No corresponding code
7703Leinesfjord—No corresponding code
8151Furuflaten—No corresponding code
8263Skjelnan—No corresponding code
8686Skytterhusfjellet—No corresponding code