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2 General civil, ecclesiastical and judicial divisions
  General civil Ecclesiastical Judicial Police districts Rural police districts, local policestations and enforcement units
  Counties Municipalities, total Urban municipalities1 Rural municipalities1 Dioceses Deaneries Clerical districts2 Parishes Appelate court districts Appelate court sub-districts Primary court districts Concilia-tion board districts
1875 20  514 58  456 6 83  441  909 . .  136  530 ..  412
1890 20  552 58  494 6 83  469  922 6 17  137 .. ..  431
1900 20  594 59  535 6 83  482  957 5 17  123  609 38  444
1905 20  627 61  566 6 84  487  967 5 17  108  609 46  453
1910 20  657 61  596 6 84  498  978 4 16  104  637 47  462
1915 20  678 62  616 6 86  505  987 4 16  105  665 56  468
1920 20  703 63  640 6 88  514  997 4 15  110  668 61  474
1925 20  730 65  665 7 91  514 1 009 4 15  110  703 61  477
1930 20  746 65  681 7 91  517 1 019 4 15  110  754 60  477
1935 20  747 65  682 7 91  520 1 020 3 15  102  757 60  477
1940 20  747 65  682 7 91  523 1 017 5 16  101  759 57  477
1945 20  745 64  681 7 91  524 1 022 5 16  100  756 54  472
1950 20  744 64  680 8 91  533 1 025 5 16  100  756 55  468
1955 20  744 64  680 9 91  538 1 031 5 16  103  756 55  469
1960 20  732 62  670 9 91  556 1 044 5 16  106  741 55  460
1965 20  466 47  419 9 91  571 1 056 5 16  105  530 54  430
1970 20  451 47  404 10 91  594 1 081 5 16  104  465 53  404
1975 19  443 47  396 10 89  599 1 095 5 16  100  444 53  388
1980 19  454 47  407 10 89  608 1 110 5 15 99  455 53  377
1985 19  454 47  407 11 91  620 1 123 5 15 99  459 54  372
1990 19  448 46  402 11 96  624 1 135 5 15 98  453 54  371
1995 19  435 . . 11 96  626 1 156 5 15 95  444 54  372
2000 19  435 . . 11  102  625 1 312 6 16 87  438 54  361
2005 19  433 . . 11  104  613 1 296 6 16 87  438 27  385
2010 19  430 . . 11  106 . 1 275 6 15 67  425 27  367
1  The legal distinction between urban and rural municipalities was annulled in the Local Government Act of 25 September 1992.
2  Clerical district has been omitted as ecclesiastical division.
Source: NOS Historical Statistics, Statistics Norway, The Church of Norway National Council, The National Police Directorate and the Ministry of Justice.
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