Bergen


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Europe, Norway Seaport, City Bergen

City (1995 pop. 221,645), (cap.) Hordaland co., SW Norway, situated on inlets of the North Sea. It is Norway’s 2d-largest city and a major shipping center. Formerly a major textile and shipbuilding center, the city’s economy is now mainly service-based. A small shipyard and ship-repair facilities remain.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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