Sandnes Municipality
Sign in to saveSandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway and a suburb of Stavanger. It lies immediately south of Stavanger the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lies in the extreme western part of the vast municipality and it makes up about 5% of the total land area of the municipality.
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Sandnes is a city and municipality in western Norway located just south of Stavanger, forming part of the third-largest urban area in the country. As the fourth-largest municipality in Norway, Sandnes is primarily rural land with the urban city itself occupying only about 5% of the total municipal area.
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- Sandnes Municipality
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- Sandnes kommune
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- Aerial view of Sandnes, Norway in 2015.jpg
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- View of the city from the south
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- 6 April 1861
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- City
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- Norway
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- Sandnes
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- Rogaland
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- Jæren
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- Municipality
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Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway and a suburb of Stavanger. It lies immediately south of Stavanger the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lies in the extreme western part of the vast municipality and it makes up about 5% of the total land area of the municipality.
Sandnes is part of the traditional district of Jæren. The western part of the municipality is very urbanized while the eastern part of the municipality is very rural. The municipality is divided into 13 boroughs and the administrative centre is located in the borough of Trones og Sentrum, a borough in the city. There are several villages in the rural parts of the municipality including Hommersåk, Høle, Foss-Eikeland, Stokka, Forsand, Lysebotn, and Vatne.