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Hordaland

(hôr`dälän), county (1995 pop. 422,581), c.6,030 sq mi (15,600 sq km), SW Norway, bordering on the North Sea in the west. Bergen is the capital. Hordaland includes the Hardangerfjord region and numerous islands and is a favorite tourist area. Fishing, farming, and manufacturing (including chemicals and metal goods) are the chief occupations.
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The primary exploration target for wildcat well 24/9-12 S was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks (injectites) in Eocene (Intra Hordaland group) sandstones.
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THE county of Hordaland in western Norway, twinned with Cardiff, has for many years presented a Christmas Tree to Cardiff.
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Norwegian IT infrastructure provider Ementor ASA (OSE: EME) said on Thursday (3 April) that it has received a renewed framework contract to supply home PCs to students in Hordaland, Norway.
Norwegian IT group Ementor ASA secures new home PC contract with Norwegian municipality
Students from Coleg Glan Hafren have been selected to visit Cardiff's twin county of Hordaland in Norway this Easter.
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Flesland airport, Norway is the most profitable in the country, according to an annual report from the civil aviation authority's Hordaland og Sogn og Fjordane region.
Flesland airport is the most profitable in Norway - report
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Announcement of competition: Hordaland County Municipality, The Property Department wishes to offer a framework agreement for advisory services in construction engineering.
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Twenty years ago I was heavily involved in the rebuilding of the church on this new site - after it had laid derelict for over two decades - with the support of Hordaland Fylkeskommune, the County Council and many other people in Wales and Norway.
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Norwegian IT infrastructure provider Ementor ASA said on Tuesday (5 June) that it has received a framework contract for student PCs from the county municipality of Hordaland in Norway.
Ementor ASA wins framework contract for student PCs from Norwegian county municipality
Since I have been here I've travelled to Florence with my Italian group and to Bergen in Norway as part of Hordaland Exchange with students in the college.
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The agreement, which also covers several cooperating municipalities and municipal enterprises in Hordaland, was signed for an initial period of two years but can be extended by two additional one-year periods.
Ementor ASA wins regional framework contract in Norway

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