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Sauda Municipality

municipality in Rogaland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Rogaland
District: Ryfylke
Preceded by: Suldal Municipality
Administrative centre: Sauda
Mayor 2023: Håvard Handeland ( Ap )
Total: 546.56 km (211.03 sq mi)
Land: 507.51 km (195.95 sq mi)
Water: 39.05 km (15.08 sq mi) 7.1%
Rank: # 196 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,602 m (5,256 ft)
Density: 8.4/km (22/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −2.3%
Demonym: Saudabu
Norwegian form: Nynorsk
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: NO-1135

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Sauda (listen) is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sauda, where most of the population lives. Other villages in the municipality include Saudasjøen and Amdal. Despite being in the northern part of the region of Ryfylke, Sauda participates in the Haugalandet Council and is under the jurisdiction of the Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court.

The 546.56-square-kilometre (211.03 sq mi) municipality is the 196th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Sauda Municipality is the 190th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,603. The municipality's population density is 8.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (22/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.3% over the previous 10-year period.