Rennesøy Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Rogaland
- District
- Ryfylke
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Stavanger Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Vikevåg
- Mayor 2011
- Dagny Sunnanå Hausken ( Sp )
- Total
- 65.51 km (25.29 sq mi)
- Land
- 64.90 km (25.06 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.61 km (0.24 sq mi) 0.9%
- Rank
- # 404 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 233.6 m (766 ft)
- Density
- 74/km (190/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +24.7%
- Demonym
- Rennesøybu
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- rennesøybu
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Rogaland
- Capital
- Vikevåg
- Population
- 4856
- Area
- 0.15725252738417478
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Bokn Municipality
- Official website
- www.rennesoy.kommune.no
- Image
- Askjesundet bru.jpg
- Households
- 24
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Encyclopedic overview
Rennesøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 65.51-square-kilometre (25.29 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Stavanger Municipality in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre was the village of Vikevåg. Other villages in the municipality included Askje and Sørbø. The municipality encompassed a number of islands on the south side of the Boknafjorden, north of the city of Stavanger.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 65.51-square-kilometre (25.29 sq mi) municipality was the 404th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Rennesøy Municipality was the 207th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 4,847. The municipality's population density was 74 inhabitants per square kilometre (190/sq mi) and its population had increased by 24.7% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rennesøy Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.