Flesland

Flesland is a village in the borough of Ytrebygda in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It sits on the western coast of the Bergen Peninsula along the Raunefjorden, about southwest of the city centre of Bergen. It is the site of Bergen Airport, Flesland and Flesland Air Station.
The village has a population of 344 and a population density of.

Name

The village is named after the old Flesland farm, and the Old Norse form of the name was probably Flesjaland. The first element is the genitive plural of which means "skerry" or "sunken rock" and the last element is which means "land" or "farm".