Bergen occupies most of the peninsula of Bergenshalv�yen in the district of Midthordland in mid-western Hordaland. The municipality covers and area of 465 kilometers (289 mi). Most of the urban area is located on or close to a fjord or bay, although there are several mountains located within the urban area. The city center is surrounded by the Seven Mountains, although there is disagreement as to which of the nine mountains constitute these. Ulriken, Fl�yen, L�vstakken and Damsg�rdsfjellet are always included as well as three of Lyderhorn, Sandviksfjellet, Bl�manen, Rundemanen and Ask�yfjellet. Gullfjellet is the highest mountain in Bergen, at 987 meters (3,238 ft) above mean sea level.
The population is 256,580 making the population density 551 people per km. The population of the main urban area is 220,418. The main urban area of Bergen 227,752 residents and covers an area of 94.03 square kilometers (36.31 sq mi). Other urban areas, as defined by Statistics Norway, consists of Indre Arna (6,296 residents), Fanahammeren(3,613), Ytre Arna (2,522), Hylkje (2,195), Espeland (2,049), Nordvik (431) and Flesland (335).
Bergen is sheltered from the North Sea by the islands Ask�y, Holsn�y (the municipality of Meland) and Sotra (the municipalities of Fjell and Sund). Bergen borders the municipalities Meland, Lind�s and Oster�y to the north, Vaksdal and Samnanger to the east, Os and Austevoll to the south, and Sund, Fjell and Ask�y to the west
