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 2003 - Urban settlement 2002

ID
1737
Owner section
320 - Division for population statistic
Responsible
Rapp, Bjørn Lie

Codes

The correspondence links 16 codes from “Urban settlement 2003” to 13 codes from “Urban settlement 2002”.

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Urban settlement 2003Urban settlement 2002
—No corresponding code1531Lesja
2593Rånerudåsen
2665Ula
5202Hanøy
8502Forsøl
0092Hamnås—No corresponding code
0185Lervik0184Engelsviken
0185Lervik
0801Oslo0801Oslo
2151Nærsnes
2034Nakkerud—No corresponding code
2115Sysle—No corresponding code
2157Hyggen—No corresponding code
2645Glomstein—No corresponding code
4061Søgne4061Søgne
4062Vedderheia
4577Hæen—No corresponding code
5092Odda5092Odda
5094Eitrheim
5332Vikavågen—No corresponding code
6342Myklebost—No corresponding code
6505Langørjan—No corresponding code
7022Kopperå—No corresponding code
7823Sandnes—No corresponding code
8083Skjold—No corresponding code