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Bergen was separated from Hordaland as a county of its own in 1831. It was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Bergen landdistrikt was merged with Bergen on 1 January 1877. The rural municipality of �rstad was merged with Bergen on 1 July 1915. The rural municipalities of Arna, Fana, Laksev�g, and �sane were merged with Bergen on 1 January 1972. The city lost its status as a separate county on the same date. Bergen is now a municipality in Norway, in the county of Hordaland.
In 1972, Bergen was unified with the neighbouring municipalities, of Arna, Fana, Laksev�g, and �sane, abolishing its county status and setting its present boundaries.
Toponymy
The Old Norse forms of the name were Bergvin and Bj?rgvin (and in Icelandic and Faroese the city is still called Bj�rgvin). The first element isberg (n.) or bj?rg (n.), which translates to mountain(s). The last element is vin (f.), which means a new settlement where there used to be a pasture or meadow. The full meaning is then 'the meadow among the mountains'. A suitable name: Bergen is often called 'the city among the seven mountains'. It was the playwright Ludvig Holberg who felt so inspired by the seven hills of Rome, that he decided that his home town must be blessed with a corresponding seven mountains � and locals still argue which seven they are.
In 1918, there was a campaign to reintroduce the Norse form Bj�rgvin as the name of the city. This was turned down � but as a compromise the name of the diocese was changed to Bj�rgvin bisped�mme
