Gjesdal Municipality
Sign in to saveGjesdal 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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- Notable people
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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.
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.