Gjesdal Municipality

Gjesdal 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 Ålgård. Other villages in Gjesdal include Dirdal, Frafjord, Gilja, Gjesdal, and Oltedal. The municipality lies about to the southwest of the city of Stavanger in southwestern Norway.

Key facts

Kommune.name: Gjesdal
Kommune.former_name: Gjestal herred
Kommune.former_name1: Gjæsdal herred
Kommune.image_skyline: Madlandsvatn(Jarvin).jpg
Kommune.image_caption: View of the Gjesdal landscape
Kommune.idnumber: 1122
Kommune.county: Rogaland
Kommune.district: Jæren
Kommune.capital: Ålgård
Kommune.established: 1 Jan 1838
Kommune.preceded: none
Kommune.demonym: Gjesdalbu
Kommune.language: Neutral
Kommune.coatofarms: Gjesdal komm.svg
Kommune.webpage: www.gjesdal.kommune.no
Kommune.mayor: Frode Fjeldsbø
Kommune.mayor_party: Ap
Kommune.mayor_as_of: 2013

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

General information
Name
Coat of arms
Churches
History
Government
Municipal council
Mayors
Geography
Weather
Notable people
References
External links

The European route E39 highway runs through the western side of the municipality. On the east side of the municipality, the Frafjord Tunnel connects the Frafjord valley with the rest of the municipality.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gjesdal Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.