Stavanger
Stavanger (Norse pronunciation: [stɑˈʋɑŋjær] (
listen)) is a ceety an municipality in the coonty o Rogaland, Norawa.
Stavanger | |
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 Tap: Breiavatnet, middle left tap: View o Vagen, middle richt up: Rica Hotel, middle left bottom: Gamle aurie, bottom: Monument tae the Battle o Hafrsfjord, middle richt bottom: Stavanger aerial photo bottom: Lille Stokkavann | |
 Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): The Ile Capital | |
  Stavanger | |
| Coordinates: 58°57′48″N 5°43′8″E / 58.96333°N 5.71889°ECoordinates: 58°57′48″N 5°43′8″E / 58.96333°N 5.71889°E | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Municipality | Stavanger |
| Coonty | Rogaland |
| Destrict | Jæren |
| Established | 1125 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Christine Sagen Helgø |
| Area | |
| • City | 71 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 77.98 km2 (30.11 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2598 km2 (1,003 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • City | 130,426 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 237,369 |
| • Urban density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 319,822 |
| • Metro density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| • Municipality/ Urban rank | 4t/3rd |
| • Metro rank | 3rd |
| Demonym(s) | Siddis |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Norse | 88.7% |
| • Poles | 6.7% |
| • Breetish | 4.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | stavanger.kommune.no |
Stavanger municipality haes a population o 121,610[1], but there are 189,828[2] fowk livin in the Stavanger conurbation, makin Stavanger the de facto third lairgest ceety in Norawa. Stavanger is an aa the centre o the Stavanger metropolitan aurie which haes a population o 297,569, an the admeenistrative centre o Rogaland coonty. The ceety is commonly referred tae as the Petroleum Caipital o Norawa.[3]
The ceety, despite its age, anerlie grew tae become amang the maist influential an important Norse ceeties in the seicont hauf o the 20t century, efter oil wis discovered in the North Sea. Today there are significant foreign influences as a result o several major internaitional oil companies' presence in the ceety. Several ither foreign influences can be foond, an among the mair prominent is the NATO Joint Warfare Centre.
Norawa's auldest cathedral, Stavanger domkirke, is situatit in the ceety centre, richt next tae lake Breiavatnet. The twa maist popular recreational auries in Stavanger are situatit aroond lakes, namely Mosvatnet an Stokkavatnet.
Twin touns – sister ceeties
eeditStavanger haes several sister ceeties; thay are:
References
eedit- ↑ "Statistics Norway: Figures on Stavanger Municipality". Statistics Norway. Ssb.no. 09-01-01. Archived frae the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-09-21. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Statistics Norway: Conurbations ranked after area and population". Statistics Norway (in Norwegian). Ssb.no. 09-01-01. Archived frae the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-21. Check date values in:
|date=(help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ Stavanger - The Norwegian Petroleum Capital Archived 1997-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Twinning". Aberdeen City Council. Archived frae the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2008.
- ↑ "Prefeito recebe comitiva da Noruega interessada em investir em Macaé". Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ↑ "Netanya - Twin Cities". Netanya Municipality. Archived frae the original on 1 Februar 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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