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Encyclopedia > Forsand
Forsand kommune
County Rogaland
Landscape Ryfylke
Municipality NO-1129
Administrative centre Forsand
Mayor (2003) Ingeborg Søyland (Sp)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 139
780 km²
702 km²
0.24 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 403
1,069
0.02 %
3.3 %
2/km²
Coordinates 58°54′ N 6°12′ E
www.forsand.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway Image File history File links Coat of arms for the municipality of Forsand (kommune), Norway. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke - until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ... Ryfylke is a sheltered fjord landscape in Norway, located north of Stavanger and east of Haugesund. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... The Centre Party (Senterpartiet), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1920. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Forsand is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.


Forsand is located within the constraints of two fjords, Lysefjord and Høgsfjord. It is one of largest municipalities within the county of Rogaland in terms of area, and one of the smallest in terms of population. The Lysefjord from Kjerag The Lysefjord from Lysebotn Lysefjord (or Lysefjorden, the suffix -en is a form of the definite article in the Norwegian language) is a fjord located in Ryfylke in south-western Norway. ...


In 1999, evidence of population dating back to around 7500 BC was located. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... (9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – 7th millennium BC – other millennia) Events The south area of Çatalhöyük. ...


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DIS-Norge - Genealogiske ressurser (73 words)
Forsand har følgende nabokommuner: Bykle, Sirdal, Sandnes, Gjesdal, Strand, Hjelmeland
Strand prestegjeld går tilbake til tida før reformasjonen, og hadde frem til 1852 soknene Strand og Høle.
1864 ble soknene Høle og Forsand utskilt fra Strand prestegjeld og opprettet som Høgsfjord prestegjeld.
Forsand Brannvern (1888 words)
Etterslukking foregikk utover kvelden og mannskapene fra Forsand kom ned til Lysebotn rundt midnatt for overnatting.
I øvelsen deltok Forsand brannvern, Strand brannvesen, Politiet, Ambulansetjenesten og Luftambulansen.
To mann fra Strand og 3 fra Forsand søkte i båt og fant kjøleskapet drivende nord-øst for Lerangshammaren.
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