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00}} || , || % || style="font-size: 75%"|(Statistics Norway - Population per 1 April 2011 and population changes during 1st quarter of 2011. Counties ) | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_demonym = | population_note = | website = (Vestlandsrådet ) | footnotes = }} Western Norway ((ノルウェー語:Vestlandet, Vest-Norge, Vest-Noreg)) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has a population of approximately 1.3 million people. The largest city is Bergen and the second-largest is Stavanger. Agder, Vest-Telemark, Hallingdal, Valdres and northern parts of Gudbrandsdal have at times been included in Western Norway. The area shares a common history with Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Iceland and to a lesser extent the Netherlands and Britain. For example, the Icelandic horse is a close relative of the Fjord horse and both the Faroese and Icelandic languages have similarities to the West Norwegian dialects. Western Norway has also had much emigration to the United States, Canada, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom. This applies particularly to the US states of Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Montana, and South Dakota. The Icelandic and Faroese people, and many people in the British Isles, are descendants of Norsemen and Vikings who emigrated from Western Norway during the Viking Age. On the other hand, thousands of Western Norwegians are descendants of Dutch and German traders who arrived in the 16th and the 17th centuries, especially in Bergen. Western Norway has the lowest unemployment rates, lowest crime rates, smallest public sector, fewest people on welfare and the most innovative economy in the country. It is generally regarded as Norway's most functional region. == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Norway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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