Statistics Norway released data on land use within urban settlements in Norway as of 1 January 2025. The statistics show how land is distributed across categories in settlements of different sizes. For settlements with 200–19,999 residents, 38.2 % is residential, 10.4 % industrial, commercial and service, 13.8 % roads, 19.1 % other built‑up, 10.2 % forest, 4.8 % agriculture, and 3.5 % other undeveloped areas. In settlements of 20,000–99,999 residents, residential land rises to 41.8 %, roads to 15.3 %, and other built‑up falls to 16.8 %. Settlements with 100,000 or more residents have 40.7 % residential, 10.0 % industrial/commercial/service, 17.1 % roads, 17.6 % other built‑up, 9.2 % forest, 2.0 % agriculture, and 3.6 % other undeveloped. The data illustrate the variation in land use patterns across Norway’s urban settlements.
Source: Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå).
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