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 2007 - Urban settlement 2006

ID
1733
Owner section
320 - Division for population statistic
Responsible
Rapp, Bjørn Lie

Codes

The correspondence links 16 codes from “Urban settlement 2007” to 4 codes from “Urban settlement 2006”.

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Urban settlement 2007Urban settlement 2006
—No corresponding code6161Alnes
7022Kopperå
0031Moss0031Moss
0507Son/Store Brevik
1063Knapper—No corresponding code
2593Rånerudåsen—No corresponding code
3015Hoppstad—No corresponding code
3572Høvåg—No corresponding code
4093Svenevik—No corresponding code
4503Hestnes (Egersund)—No corresponding code
5145Ploganes—No corresponding code
5246Leknes—No corresponding code
6184Fiksdalen—No corresponding code
6232Hollingen—No corresponding code
6692Trøa—No corresponding code
7096Sakshaug—No corresponding code
7111Sandvika—No corresponding code
7672Sørarnøy—No corresponding code
8019Kjosen—No corresponding code