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21 Urban settlement area and land cover in urban settlements, by size class. 1 January 2012
Size class (Population) Number of urban settlements Total urban settlement area. km2 Per cent of urban settlement area1 Population in urban settlements Population density in urban settlements
Covered by buildings Of which area for residential buildings Covered by roads
              Pop. density per km2
Whole country  942 2 422.79 9.7 5.2 15.4 3 958 038 1 634
               
    200-    499  337  167 6.9 3.2 14.3  114 419  685
    500-    999  234  202 7.3 3.6 15.0  163 058  809
  1 000-  1 999  144  208 8.1 4.2 15.1  202 890  977
  2 000- 19 999  206  828 9.5 5.2 15.6 1 101 586 1 331
 20 000- 99 999 15  369 10.2 5.7 15.9  636 254 1 726
100 000-        6  650 12.2 6.6 15.4 1 739 831 2 677
1  Per cent of urban settlement area are not updated since 2005.
Source: Land use in urban agglomerations, Statistics Norway.
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