In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.

Public transport in Hordaland is the responsibility of the county municipality.

In 2001 the city and several adjoining communities were merged into the new regional county municipality with a population to 79,600.

The regional county municipalities which these cities were a part of ceased to exist.

The region is formed by 8 regional county municipalities and 114 municipalities.

The service area encompassed 30 of the 33 county municipalities.

The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 29 upper secondary schools.

The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 24 upper secondary schools with 2,000 teachers.

At the regional lever the county municipalities are responsible for the management in their county.

It was the smallest in area and most populous regional county municipality.