Tananger

Tananger is a large village and urban area in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The urban area is located on the west side of the Stavanger Peninsula between the North Sea and the Hafrsfjorden. It lies about southwest of the city centre of Stavanger. Tananger Chapel (from 1879) and Tananger Church (from 2002) are both located here.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Tananger
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Stavanger-sandnes tettsted 2005.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Map of the Tananger area
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 10
Settlement.mapframe marker: village
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Western Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Rogaland
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Jæren
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Sola Municipality
Settlement.timezone1: CET

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Wikidata facts

Area: 4.46
Elevation: 19
Image: Aerial View of Tananger - 2013.08 - panoramio.jpg

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postal code: 4056 TANANGER

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The village had a population (2016) of and a population density of . Since 2000, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway. Tananger has grown significantly, more than doubling in size from 1980 until 2015. Since 1 January 2017, the urban area of Tananger has been included in the Stavanger/Sandnes urban area, so separate population statistics are no longer tracked.