14 Facts About Voss

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Voss is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway.

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Voss is Norway's 77th most populous municipality, with a population of 15,740.

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3.

Parish of Voss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838.

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On 1 January 1885, the western district of Voss was separated to form the new municipality of Evanger.

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Voss used a silver deer on a red background as his personal coat of arms in 1303.

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6.

Voss's son used a deer on his seals, as did most of their relatives until 1460.

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All municipalities in Norway, including Voss, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads.

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8.

Voss falls under the Bergen District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.

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Voss is in the innermost part of Bolstadsfjorden and includes the valleys that head inland from there.

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10.

Voss has several large lakes: Evangervatnet, Hamlagrøvatnet, Lønavatnet, Oppheimsvatnet, Torfinnsvatnet, and Vangsvatnet.

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Voss is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, forests, lakes and fast-flowing whitewater rivers.

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Voss has a wide range of habitats, from high barren mountains to rich fertile valleys.

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13.

Voss is a winter sports center and has in recent times been the home of many world-class athletes in several winter sports, most prominently biathlon, but alpine skiing, nordic skiing and freestyle skiing.

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Athletes from Voss have been present, representing Norway, at every winter Olympic games except one since 1948 Winter Olympics, the exception being 1972.

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