Stavanger
Sign in to saveStavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes Municipality) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part
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Stavanger is Norway's third-largest city, located in southwest Norway and serving as the administrative center of Rogaland county. The city is notable for its well-preserved historic wooden architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries and traces its official founding to 1125, when Stavanger Cathedral was completed.
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46 sectionsContents
- History
- City development
- World War II
- Oil capital
- Coat of arms
- Origin of the name
- Government
- Municipal council
- Geography
- Parks
- Climate
- Boroughs
- Neighborhoods
- Economy
- Media
- Agriculture and food
- Oil industry
- Transport
- Airport
- Railway
- Roads
- Sea
- Bus
- Education
- Culture
- Museums
- Churches
- Film
- Local filmmaking
- TV
- European Capital of Culture 2008
- Sport and recreation
- Music
- Community art
- Tourism
- Outdoor activities
- City center
- Notable people
- Public service & business
- The Arts
- Sport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- Notes
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Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes Municipality) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part of the city's cultural heritage. This has caused the town center and inner city to retain a small-town character with an unusually high ratio of detached houses, and has contributed significantly to spreading the city's population growth to outlying parts of Greater Stavanger.
The city's population rapidly grew in the late 20th century due to its oil industry. Stavanger is known today as the Oil Capital of Norway. Norwegian energy company Equinor, the largest company in the Nordic region, has its headquarters in Stavanger. Multiple educational institutions for higher education are located in Stavanger. The largest of these is the University of Stavanger.