Sola Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Rogaland
- District
- Jæren
- Preceded by
- Håland Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Solakrossen
- Mayor 2023
- Janne Stangeland Rege ( H )
- Total
- 69.05 km (26.66 sq mi)
- Land
- 68.83 km (26.58 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.22 km (0.085 sq mi) 0.3%
- Rank
- # 343 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 101.84 m (334.1 ft)
- Density
- 427.8/km (1,108/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +13.2%
- Demonym
- Solabu
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-1124
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- solabu
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Rogaland
- Population
- 29541
- Area
- 5.92
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Randaberg Municipality
- Official website
- www.sola.kommune.no
- Image
- Solastranden.jpg
- Households
- 175
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- Commons category
- Sola
- topic's main category
- Category:Sola, Norway
- language used
- Nynorsk
- inception
- 1930-00-00
- native label
- Sola
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sola is a municipality and a seaside resort area in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsmarka, Sørnes, and Tjelta. Stavanger Airport is located in Sola, just a short distance from the centre of the large Stavanger/Sandnes metropolitan area.
The 69.05-square-kilometre (26.66 sq mi) municipality is the 343r largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Sola Municipality is the 39th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 29,541. The municipality's population density is 427.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,108/sq mi) and its population has increased by 13.2% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sola Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.