Fana is a former municipality

Municipalities of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties , and 430 municipalities...

 in the county of Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The parish of "Fane" was established as a formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

, the predecessor of today's municipalities ("kommune"), 1 January 1838. Fana, in addition to Arna

Arna (municipality)

Arna is a former municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Arna, in addition to Fana, Laksevåg and Åsane, was merged with Bergen 1 January 1972. The area of the former municipality is today made up by the borough of Arna....

, Laksevåg

Laksevåg (municipality)

Laksevåg is a former municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Laksevåg, in addition to Arna, Fana and Åsane, was merged with Bergen 1 January 1972. The area of the former municipality is today made up by the boroughs of Laksevåg....

 and Åsane

Åsane (municipality)

Åsane is a former municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Åsane, in addition to Arna, Fana and Laksevåg was merged with Bergen 1 January 1972. The area of the former municipality is today made up by the borough of Åsane....

, was merged with Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 1 January 1972. The area of the former municipality is today made up by the boroughs of Ytrebygda

Ytrebygda

Ytrebygda is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-Location:Ytrebygda is located southwest of the city center. It was originally part of Fana municipality that was incorporated in Bergen in 1972, and later part of the Fana district, but was administratively a separate district in 1990...

, Fana

Fana

Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-History:Prior to 1972, Fana was an independent municipality which territory also included today's boroughs of Ytrebygda, Fyllingsdalen, and the southernmost part of Årstad.-Geography:...

 and Fyllingsdalen

Fyllingsdalen

Fyllingsdalen is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway, located south-west of the city centre in the valley to the west of Løvstakken. The early name of the valley, Fynö dalen, was the origin of the name of the farm which gave Fyllingsdalen its name, Fyllingen...

, as well as the southernmost parts of Årstad, in Bergen.