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Sandnes, Norway

Sandnes kommune
Municipality
View of the city centre
View of the city centre
Coat of arms of Sandnes kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Sandnes kommune
Rogaland within
Norway
Sandnes within Rogaland
Sandnes within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°51′06″N 05°44′10″E / 58.85167°N 5.73611°E / 58.85167; 5.73611Coordinates: 58°51′06″N 05°44′10″E / 58.85167°N 5.73611°E / 58.85167; 5.73611
Country Norway
County Rogaland
District Jæren
Administrative centre Sandnes
Government
 • Mayor (2011, reelected 2015) Stanley Wirak (Ap)
Area
 • Total 304.38 km2 (117.52 sq mi)
 • Land 285.32 km2 (110.16 sq mi)
 • Water 19.06 km2 (7.36 sq mi)
Area rank 274 in Norway
Population (2016)
 • Total 74,820
 • Rank 8 in Norway
 • Density 262.2/km2 (679/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 26.9% %
Demonym(s) sandnesbu
sandnesgauk
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1102
Official language form Neutral
Website www.sandnes.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

About this sound Sandnes  is a city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is the 8th largest city in Norway and it lies immediately south of the city of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway. Together, the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the 3rd largest urban area in Norway.

Sandnes is part of the district of North-Jæren. The city is divided into 13 boroughs. The administrative centre of the city-municipality is located in the borough of Trones og Sentrum in the city centre. There are several village areas in the rural parts of the municipality including Hommersåk, Høle, Foss-Eikeland, Stokka, and Vatne.

The small port village of Sandnes was granted ladested (small seaport city) status in 1860. On 6 April 1861, the small city was separated from the municipality of Høyland to form a separate self-governing municipality of its own. Initially, the municipality had 440 residents. On 1 July 1957, a small part of Høyland municipality (population: 18) was transferred to the city of Sandnes. On 1 January 1965, there were many municipal mergers in Norway due to the recommendations of the Schei Committee. On that date, the city of Sandnes (population: 3,961) was merged with the municipality of Høyland (population: 20,353) and parts of the municipalities of Høle (population: 926) and Hetland (population: 2,077).


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