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Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called fylker (singular fylke) and 431 kommuner (singular kommune). Fylke and kommune are officially translated to English as county and municipality. The fylke is the intermediate administration between state and municipality. Note: The 19 fylker might be replaced with 5 - 9 larger regions by 2010. The counties of Norway are: Akershus Aust-Agder Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark Hordaland Møre og Romsdal Nordland Nord-Trøndelag Oppland Oslo Østfold Rogaland Sogn og Fjordane Sør-Trøndelag Telemark Troms Vest-Agder Vestfold

Norway's ten largest municipalities

With population as of January 1, 2006 (source: SSB[2]) Oslo, 538 411 Bergen, 242 158 Trondheim, 158 613 Stavanger, 115 157 Bærum, 105 928 Kristiansand, 76 917 Fredrikstad, 70 791 Tromsø, 63 569 Sandnes, 58 947 Drammen, 57 759