Klepp
| Klepp kommune | |||
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| Municipality | |||
View of the Orrestranda beach along the Klepp coast
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 Klepp within Rogaland |
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| Coordinates: 58°46′38″N 05°35′48″E / 58.77722°N 5.59667°ECoordinates: 58°46′38″N 05°35′48″E / 58.77722°N 5.59667°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Rogaland | ||
| District | Jæren | ||
| Administrative centre | Kleppe | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | Ane Mari Braut Nese (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 113.49 km2 (43.82 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 102.35 km2 (39.52 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 11.14 km2 (4.30 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 374 in Norway | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 18,970 | ||
| • Rank | 60 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 185.3/km2 (480/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 27.9 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Kleppsbu | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1120 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www |
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Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, Pollestad, Verdalen, and Voll.
The population around Kleppe is growing rapidly, mostly in the form of suburban single-family homes, but also in the form of some apartment blocks. There is a shopping mall in Kleppe called Jærhagen.
Klepp is a flat and open agricultural landscape. The highest point, Tinghaug, is at 102 metres (335 ft) above sea level. There are long stretches of sand beaches along the North Sea coastline in the west.
The old parish of Klep was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The boundaries of the municipality have not changed since that time.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Klepp farm (Old Norse: Kleppr), since the first Klepp Church was built there. The inscription on the Klepp I Runestone indicates that the name has been in use since the late 10th or early 11th century. The name is identical with the word kleppr which means "rocky hill". Before 1912, the name was written "Klep".
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