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Sandnes (pronounced [ˈsɑ̂nːeːs] (listen)) is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway and together, the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lies in the extreme western part of the vast municipality and it makes up about 5% of the total land area of the municipality.

Sandnes
City & Municipality
Sandnes kommune
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Coordinates: 58°51′06″N 05°44′10″E
Country	Norway
Municipality	Sandnes
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
City	6 April 1861
Government
• Mayor	Stanley Wirak (Ap)
Area
• Municipality	1,040.56 km2 (401.76 sq mi)
• Land	943.56 km2 (364.31 sq mi)
• Rank	109
Population  (Q3 2020)
• Municipality	85,386
• Urban	237,369
• Metro	319,822
• Municipality/ Urban rank	7th/3rd
• Metro rank	3rd
Demonym(s)	Sandnesgauk Sandnesbu Sandneser
Language forms
• Official form	Neutral
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Website	www.sandnes.kommune.no

Sandnes is part of the traditional district of Jæren. The western part of the municipality is very urbanized while the eastern part of the municipality is very rural. The municipality is divided into 13 boroughs and the administrative centre is located in the borough of Trones og Sentrum, a borough in the city. There are several villages in the rural parts of the municipality including Hommersåk, Høle, Foss-Eikeland, Stokka, Forsand, Lysebotn, and Vatne.

The 1,041-square-kilometre (402 sq mi) municipality is the 109th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sandnes is the 7th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 80,704 in Q1 2021.[1] The municipality's population density is 84.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (218/sq mi) and its population has increased by 20.8% over the previous 10-year period.[2][3]

History

The small port village of Sandnes was granted ladested (small seaport city) status in 1860. On 6 April 1861, the small city was separated from the municipality of Høyland to form a separate self-governing municipality of its own. Initially, the municipality had 440 residents. On 1 July 1957, a small part of Høyland municipality (population: 18) was transferred to the city of Sandnes.[4]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the city and municipality of Sandnes (population: 3,961) was merged with the municipality of Høyland (population: 20,353) and parts of the municipalities of Høle (population: 926) and Hetland (population: 2,077).[4]

In 2014, the Storting decided that the number of municipalities in Norway would be lowered. If the municipalities of Sandnes, Stavanger and Sola were to merge, a new municipality would be formed called Nord-Jæren, after the name of the geographical location the municipalities are located in. After the city council said no to the merge, proposals for Forsand to merge with Sandnes were enacted instead.

On 1 January 2017, a small 350-decare (86-acre) area on the southwestern edge of the village of Solakrossen was transferred from Sandnes municipality to the neighboring municipality of Sola.[5]

On 1 January 2020, most of the neighboring municipality of Forsand was merged with Sandnes to form one large municipality called Sandnes.[6]

Name

The municipality (and city) is named after an old Sandnæs farm, since the city was built on its grounds. The first element is sand which means 'sand' or 'sandy beach' and the last element is nes which means 'headland'. The farm was located at the end of the Gandsfjorden where the city centre is located today.[7]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 21 April 1972. The arms show a white piece of pottery on a green background. Pottery was chosen since it was one of the main industries in the late 18th century. The symbol is a leirgauk, which in English would be a ceramic cuckoo bird (leir(e), 'clay, ceramic' and gauk/gjøk, 'cuckoo bird'). The ceramic Sandnes cuckoo (Norwegian: sandnesgauk) is an ocarina or simple flute which was made by the potteries in Sandnes and used to advertise their products. Later it also became a nickname for people from Sandnes.[8]

Geography

The municipality lies in the Jæren region and stretches 90 kilometres (56 mi) nearly from the west coast of Norway to the rugged mountainous interior. The city of Sandnes is located at the base of the Stavanger Peninsula, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the city of Stavanger, and these two cities have expanded so as to form a conurbation. The municipality of Sola is located to the west, Klepp and Time, Gjesdal to the south, Sirdal and Bykle to the east, Strand and Hjelmeland to the northeast, and Stavanger to the northwest. The fjord Gandsfjorden is situated north–south at the west end of the municipality and the Høgsfjorden and Lysefjorden dominate the eastern part of the municipality. The international airport for Sandnes/Stavanger is situated in Sola, just to the west of Sandnes.

Prior to 2020 (when the municipality was enlarged), the city-municipality of Sandnes was divided into 13 boroughs: Austrått, Figgjo, Ganddal, Hana, Høle, Lura, Malmheim og Soma, Riska, Sandved, Stangeland, Sviland, and Trones og Sentrum.

The landscape of western Sandnes is quite flat. On the long west coast there are several beaches and further inland the land is raised to form low plains with some small peaks rising up to 400 to 500 metres (1,300 to 1,600 ft) above sea level. From Stavanger and Sandnes it is approximately one hour by car to alpine and skiing resorts. In Sandnes there are some easily accessible small mountain peaks, such as Dalsnuten and Lifjell, with a view over the Sandnes/Stavanger area. The renowned Lysefjorden is also easily accessible by car or boat. The lake Frøylandsvatnet, the river Figgjoelva, and the mountain Hanafjellet are all located in Sandnes.

The Lysefjorden in the eastern part of the municipality is surrounded by very steep 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) tall cliffs such as Kjerag and Preikestolen, with the Lysefjord Bridge crossing the fjord near the western end. The famous Kjeragbolten boulder and Kjeragfossen waterfall are located along the inner part of the fjord. The village of Lysebotn lies at the eastern end of the fjord. The lake Nilsebuvatnet is located high up in the mountains, north of Lysebotn on the border of Strand and Forsand municipalities. It is regulated for hydroelectric power use at the Lysebotn Hydroelectric Power Station.

Location

Sandnes is located on the west coast of Norway. Here are some distances from the city of Sandnes to other major cities in Norway:

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Sandnes, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.[9] The municipality falls under the Jæren District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Sandnes is made up of 49 representatives that are elected to four-year terms. Elections are always held two years from the parliamentary elections.

Media gallery

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  Map of Sandnes city center
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  The bus station, known as Ruten (The Route)
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  Jæren Tingrett (District Court)
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  Sandnes sports park from the air
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  Sandnes by night
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  A Sandnesgauk. A clay toy originating in Sandnes.

Economy

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	4,178	—
1961	3,981	−4.7%
1971	30,705	+671.3%
1981	36,901	+20.2%
1991	44,967	+21.9%
2001	53,860	+19.8%
2011	66,245	+23.0%
2016	74,820	+12.9%
Source: Statistics Norway

Sandnes hosts a large array of retail shops of most kinds and is used by the neighbouring municipalities appreciating the service and wide range of selections. Sandnes is known as Norway's bicycle city, mainly due to the fact that the bicycle manufacturer Øglænd DBS was situated here for decades. The city offers a variety of routes for everyday riders and tourists. Since 1996, a public bicycle rental program has been in operation in the city.

The city has a vibrant industrial base, mainly in the Ganddal area in the south and the Lura and Forus area in the north along the municipal boundary with Stavanger. There is significant activity related to oil exploration in the North Sea and also some IT-related companies. In this suburban region between Sandnes and Stavanger, malls and department stores have also been established. Among these malls is one of Norway's biggest malls, Kvadrat, meaning 'square' (although it is not square shaped anymore as it has expanded several times since it opened in 1984).

Around 30% of the population is employed in Stavanger (Q4 2004).[29] Sandnes was formerly known as the pottery town of Norway – due to the important ceramics industry based on the extensive occurrence of clay in the surroundings. The Vatneleiren military base is also located in Sandnes, just outside Vatne.

Culture, sports, and education

Since 2016, the primary football team, Sandnes Ulf, has played in the second tier, 1. divisjon, of Norwegian professional football.

Sandnes is also known for its Rugby League team, Sandnes Raiders which has supplied the Norwegian national team with players.^{[citation needed]}

The major tourist attraction in Sandnes is the Science Factory (Vitenfabrikken). It is a 4,000-square-metre (43,000 sq ft) science museum with science and art exhibitions, a planetarium, sun telescopes, and chemistry experiments.

Sandnes is the only city in Norway which is a member of the World Health Organization's network of Healthy Cities. Sandnes and Stavanger were chosen along with Liverpool, United Kingdom, to be a European Capital of Culture for 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Higher education facilities include Sandnes Upper Secondary School,[30] Gand Upper Secondary School,[31] Akademiet Upper Secondary School,[32] and Vågen Upper Secondary School.[33] In 2010 Forus Upper Secondary School and parts of Lundehaugen merged to become Vågen.[34] Lundehaugen still exists as a middle school.

The city is also home to the VID Specialized University Sandnes campus, a private christian college.[35]

Churches

The Church of Norway has nine parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Sandnes. It is part of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The main church for the city is Sandnes Church, which is the seat of the deanery which covers the whole municipality.

Churches in Sandnes

Parish (sokn)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Bogafjell	Bogafjell Church	Bogafjell	2012
Forsand	Forsand Church	Forsand	1854
	Lyse Chapel	Lysebotn	1961
Gand	Gand Church	Sandved	1978
	Julebygda Chapel	Malmheim og Soma	1957
Hana	Hana Church	Hana	1997
Høle	Høle Church	Høle	1860
Høyland	Høyland Church	Austrått	1841
	Sviland Chapel	Sviland	1913
Lura	Lura Church	Lura	1987
Riska	Riska Church	Hommersåk	1999
	Old Riska Church	Hommersåk	1877
Sandnes	Sandnes Church	Sandnes sentrum	1882

Notable residents

• Karen Grude Koht (1871 in Høyland – 1960) educationalist, essayist and feminist pioneer
• Theodor Thjøtta (1885 in Sandnes – 1955) physician, dealt with bacteriology and serology
• Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886 in Hoyland − 1973) sex educator, journalist and anarchist
• Aaslaug Aasland (1890 in Sandnes – 1962) politician, Minister of Social Affairs, 1948 to 1953
• Toralv Øksnevad (1891 in Høyland – 1975) politician, journalist, newspaper editor and radio personality - the "voice from London" during WWII
• Sigrid Stray (1893 in Sandnes – 1978) barrister and proponent of women's rights
• Soffi Schønning (1895–1994) operatic soprano, lived in Sandnes in later life
• Kasper Idland MM, (1918 in Figgjo – 1968) Norwegian heavy water saboteur in 1943
• Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa (1918 in Sandnes – 1991) ceramic designer, early user of stoneware
• Tormod Førland (1920 in Høyland – 1995) chemist, worked on inorganic and physical chemistry
• Arne Sandnes (1925-2006) politician, mayor of Sandnes in the 1970s
• Roald G. Bergsaker (born 1942) sports official and politician, mayor of Sandnes, 1986 to 1990 and Rogaland county mayor, 1999 to 2007
• Julie Ege (1943 in Sandnes – 2008) actress and model [36]
• Ivar Braut (born 1956 in Sandnes) a theologian and priest, the Bishop of Stavanger, 2017-2019
• Roger Rasmussen (born ca.1965 in Sandnes) stage name Nattefrost, vocalist and founder of Carpathian Forest, a black metal band
• Mette Grøtteland (born 1969 in Sandnes) first female fighter pilot, Royal Norwegian Air Force
• Kjartan Salvesen (born 1976 in Sandnes) winner of Norwegian Idol TV series in 2004
• Thomas Dybdahl (born 1979 in Sandnes) singer-songwriter
• Anh Vu (born 1986 in Sandnes) singer and actress [37]
• Annette Obrestad (born 1988) professional poker player; won the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe aged 18; lives in Sandnes

Sport

• Bjarne Berntsen (born 1956 in Sandnes) a former football player with 33 caps with Norway and coach with Norway women (2005–2009), Viking FK, and Sandnes Ulf
• Anne Brit Skjæveland (born 1962) retired heptathlete, lives in Sandnes
• Linda Medalen (born 1965 in Sandnes) former footballer, 152 caps with Norway women
• Gjert Ingebrigtsen (born 1966) sports coach, father and coach of sons Henrik, Filip and Jakob; lives in Sandnes
• Rolf Bae (1975 in Sandnes – 2008) Arctic adventurer and mountaineer
• Arild Haugen (born 1985) former strongman, currently a professional boxer; lives in Sandnes
• Stine Borgli (born 1990 in Sandnes) racing cyclist
• 1500-metre runner brothers:
  • Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 1991 in Sandnes), competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
  • Filip Ingebrigtsen (born 1993 in Sandnes), competed at the European and World Athletics Championships
  • Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 2000 in Sandnes), two gold medals at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, Olympic champion over 1500 meters in Tokyo 2020.

References

External links

• Rogaland travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Sandnes travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)
• Municipality website (in Norwegian)
• Region Stavanger & Ryfylke toursist website
• Website about the city

На других языках

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[de] Sandnes

Sandnes?/i ist eine Stadt und Kommune südlich von Stavanger im Fylke Rogaland in Norwegen. Sandnes ist eine der bevölkerungsreichsten Kommunen Norwegens mit 81.305 Einwohnern (1. Januar 2022).

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[es] Sandnes

Sandnes es una ciudad y municipio perteneciente a la provincia de Rogaland, al sudoeste de Noruega. Tiene una población de 73 624 habitantes según el censo de 2015.[1]

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[ru] Саннес

Саннес (норв. Sandnes) — коммуна в губернии Ругаланн в Норвегии. Административный центр коммуны — город Саннес. Официальный язык коммуны — нейтральный[2]. Население коммуны на 2016 год составляло 74 820 человек. Площадь коммуны Саннес — 304,54 км², код-идентификатор — 1102.

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