Administrative units municipalities

Status: Submitted

Definition: The dataset shows national, county and municipal divisions within the country. It has the most accurate boundaries that have been recorded digitally and are collected in a dataset. The municipalities are delimited by National Border, Outer Limit of Territorial Waters 12 Nautical Miles, Agreed Delimitation Line, county boundary and municipal boundary. The dataset also includes a baseline and 1 nautical mile, which are legal lines that can be used when processing cases linked with specific laws. The units include properties which indicate official municipal numbers. The official Norwegian, Sami and Kven names for counties and municipalities are taken from SSR. There is also information about Sami language administrative districts.

Updated: 22.04.2025
Submitter: Norwegian Mapping Authority
Owner: Norwegian Mapping Authority

Usage

Administrative case processing. Analysis and display in a GIS system. Display of statistics and analyses. Production of maps and derived products.

Theme: Base maps

In scope of Inspire Directive: Yes

DOK according to KMD-definitions: Yes

In scope of Norway digital agreement: Yes

Land-use plans subject to law (PBL): No

In scope of the Geodata Act: Yes

Mareano: No

Ecological Base Map: No

Modellbaserte vegprosjekter: No

DOK-status

DOK-status: Proposal

DOK-status date approved:

Updated: 4/22/2025 4:43:03 AM

Geodatalov status

ASSESSMENT POINT
STATUS VALUE
COMMENT
Metadata
good
Product spesification
good
SOSI requirement status
good
GML requirement status
good
WMS status
good
WFS status
good
ATOM feed status
good
Nedlastingskrav status
good