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Stavanger, Norway

Stavanger
Stavanger Kommune
Municipality
(top down, clockwise) Breiavatnet.Rica Forum Hotel. Stavanger aerial photo.Lille Stokkavann. Monument to the Battle of Hafrsfjord. View of Vagen.
(top down, clockwise) Breiavatnet.
Rica Forum Hotel. Stavanger aerial photo.
Lille Stokkavann. Monument to the Battle of Hafrsfjord. View of Vagen.
Coat of arms of Stavanger
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): The Oil Capital/Oljebyen
Stavanger is located in Rogaland
Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is located in Norway
Stavanger
Stavanger
Coordinates: 58°57′48″N 5°43′8″E / 58.96333°N 5.71889°E / 58.96333; 5.71889Coordinates: 58°57′48″N 5°43′8″E / 58.96333°N 5.71889°E / 58.96333; 5.71889
Country Norway
Municipality Stavanger
County Rogaland
District Jæren
Established 1125
Government
 • Mayor Christine Sagen Helgø
Area
 • Municipality 71 km2 (27 sq mi)
 • Urban 77.98 km2 (30.11 sq mi)
 • Metro 2,598 km2 (1,003 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Municipality 130,426
 • Density 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
 • Urban 237,369
 • Urban density 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
 • Metro 319,822
 • Metro density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
 • Municipality/ Urban rank 4th/3rd
 • Metro rank 3rd
Demonym(s) Siddis
Ethnic groups
 • Norwegians 88.7%
 • Poles 6.7%
 • British 4.6%
Language forms
 • Official form Norwegian Bokmål
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
ISO 3166 code NO-1103
Website www.stavanger.kommune.no

Stavanger /stəˈvæŋər/ (Norwegian pronunciation: [stɑˈʋɑŋər]  (listen)) is a city and municipality in Norway. The city is the third-largest urban zone and metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighbouring Sandnes) and the administrative centre of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in Southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavangers core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part of the city's cultural heritage. This has caused the town centre and inner city to retain a small-town character with an unusually high ratio of detached houses, and has contributed significantly to spreading the city's population growth to outlying parts of Greater Stavanger.

The city's rapid population growth in the late 20th century was primarily a result of Norway's booming offshore oil industry. Today the oil industry is a key industry in the Stavanger region and the city is widely referred to as the Oil Capital of Norway. The largest company in the Nordic region, Norwegian energy company Statoil is headquartered in Stavanger. Multiple educational institutions for higher education are located in Stavanger. The largest of these is the University of Stavanger.


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