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Hole

Hole is a borough and village in the western part of Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located along the Hogsfjorden in the eastern part of the municipality. The area was historically a part of the municipality of Hole. Hole ...

Hole (municipality)

Hole or Hogsfjord is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The large municipality existed from 1865 until 1965. It was called Hogsfjord from 1865 until 1871 when the municipality was reduced in size and the name was changed to Hole. T ...

Holta

Holta is a small farming village in the municipality of Strand in Rogaland county, Norway. The farm is situated on the northern hills overlooking the lake Bjorheimsvatn. It is approximately 9 kilometres northeast of the village of Tau and about 4 ...

Hommersåk

Hommersåk is a village in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the borough of Riska in the northern part of the municipality. It is situated about 12 kilometres northeast of the city centre of Sandnes, along ...

Hovsvatnet

Hovsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Lund in Rogaland county, Norway. The lake lies between the villages of Eik and Moi in the south. The European route E39 highway runs along the whole southern shore of the V-shaped lake. Most of the side ...

Hoyland

Hoyland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality was located at the innermost end of the Gandsfjorden in the western part of the present-day municipality of Sandnes. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissol ...

Hundvåg, Stavanger

Hundvåg is a borough of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough includes a number of islands lying to the north of the main city centre of Stavanger. It includes the islands of Hundvåg, Solyst, Grasholmen, Engoy, Buoy, Bjorn ...

Hundvåg (island)

Hundvåg is an island in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island is located in the borough of Hundvåg, just north of the city centre of Stavanger, separated by the Byfjorden. The 4.7-square-kilometre island is relatively flat ...

Hylsfjord

Hylsfjorden or Hylsfjord is a fjord in the municipality Suldal in Rogaland county, Norway. The 20-kilometre long fjord runs from the small area of Hylen to the west. It ends just north of the village of Sand where it joins the Saudafjorden and to ...

Idsal

Idsal is an island in Strand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 3.1-square-kilometre island lies directly between the island of Idse and the mainland with the Idsefjorden and the Hogsfjorden on either side of the island. There are short ...

Idse

Idse is an island in Strand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 4.9-square-kilometre island lies between the Idsefjorden and Hogsfjorden, about 6.5 kilometres west of the town of Jorpeland. The island of Idsal lies immediately to the sou ...

Imsland

Imsland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 90-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1923 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality included the area surrounding the inner part of the Vindafjorden in the present-da ...

Imslandsjoen

Imslandsjoen or Imsland is a village in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Vindafjorden, about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Vikedal and about 12 kilometres west of t ...

Indraberget

Indraberget is an area in Royneberg in Sola municipality. Indraberget is connected to Ytraberget, and separates Grannesvågen and Sornesvågen in Hafrsfjord. This area has the richest limestone flora in this part of Norway. There is also rich arche ...

Indre Tasta

Indre Tasta is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the mainland borough of Tasta. The Ytre Tasta neighborhood lies to the north, the Gandsfjorden lies to the east, the Stokkava ...

Jåtten

Jåtten or Jåttå is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough Hinna, just north of Godeset and Gausel. The neighborhood has a population of 13.760, distributed over an area of 12.58 square kil ...

Jelsa (municipality)

Jelsa is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 130-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until 1965. It encompassed area in the present-day municipalities of Suldal, Hjelmeland, and Finnoy that surround the Sandsfjorden. ...

Jelsa, Norway

Jelsa is a village in Suldal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the inner part of the Boknafjorden, near the mouths of the Sandsfjorden and Erfjorden. The village is the site of a school, store, gas station, and ...

Johannes, Stavanger

Johannes is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the borough of Storhaug in the area surrounding the St. Johannes Church. The neighborhood has a population of 2.309 which is dis ...

Jorpeland

Jorpeland is the administrative centre of Strand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the shore of the Idsefjorden, about 20 kilometres northeast of the city of Stavanger. It sit ...

Josenfjorden

Josenfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Hjelmeland in Rogaland county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the main Boknafjorden. The fjord has a length of 24 kilometres and a width between 1 to 2 kilometres. The Norwegian National Road 1 ...

Josenfjorden (village)

Josenfjorden is a village in Hjelmeland municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the river Ulla along the northern shore of the Josenfjorden. The village is one of the few settlements along the shores of the ...

Judaberg

Judaberg is the administrative centre of Finnoy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the island of Finnoy. The island is located on the south side of the Boknafjorden, northeast of the large city ...

Kalvoy, Stavanger

Kalvoy is an island in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 0.58-square-kilometre island lies in an archipelago at the mouths of the Gandsfjorden and Hogsfjorden, about 4.5 kilometres east of the city centre of Stavanger. The is ...

Kampen, Stavanger

Kampen is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the borough of Eiganes og Våland surrounding the Kampen Church. The neighborhood has a population of 6.050 which is distributed ov ...

Karmsund

Karmsund is a strait located in Rogaland county, Norway. The 30-kilometre long strait divides the island of Karmoy on the west and the mainland of Norway and island of Vestre Bokn in the east. The strait runs through the municipalities of Haugesu ...

Karmsund Bridge

Karmsund Bridge is a bridge over the Karmsundet strait in Rogaland county, Norway. The bridge is located in Karmoy municipality and it links the island of Karmoy to the Norwegian mainland. The steel arched road bridge carries the European route E ...

Kjeragfossen

Kjeragfossen is a waterfall in the municipality of Forsand in Rogaland county, Norway. The 715-metre long waterfall cascades down from the Kjerag plateau on the south shore of the Lysefjorden. It is one of the highest waterfalls in Norway and one ...

Klepp stasjon

Klepp Stasjon is a village in Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the lake Froylandsvatnet, about 3 kilometres east of the village of Kleppe and about 2 kilometres southwest of the village of Orst ...

Kleppe

Kleppe is the administrative centre of Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located about halfway between the lakes Orrevatnet and Froylandsvatnet. The village of Bore lies about 3 kilometres northwest of Kleppe and the v ...

Klosteroy

Klosteroy is an island in Rennesoy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 1.7-square-kilometre island lies on the south side of the Boknafjorden in the Rennesoy island group. It lies immediately north of the island of Fjoloy and immediately ...

Kolnes

Kolnes is a village in Karmoy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The residential village is located on the west side of the Forresfjorden, south of the village of Forre and east of the village of Norheim. Kolnes has experienced rapid growth ...

Kopervik

Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmoy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmoy. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The 4.85-square-kilometre town has a populat ...

Krossberg

Krossberg is a village in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the borough of Madla between the lakes Stokkavatnet and Hålandsvatnet. The 0.11-square-kilometre village has a population of 438, giving the vi ...

Kvalaberg

Kvalaberg is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Hillevåg, between the European route E39 highway and the Gandsfjorden. The neighborhood has a population of 5.112 which is distribute ...

Kvernaland

Kvernaland is a village in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the north end of the lake Froylandsvatnet. The village is located in both the municipalities of Klepp and Time. The eastern part of the village is known as Orstad an ...

Kvernevik

Kvernevik is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Madla, located at the mouth of the Hafrsfjorden. The 1.46-square-kilometre 360-acre neighborhood had a population in 2005 of 4.714 pe ...

Kvitsoy (island)

Kvitsoy or Kvitsoya is the main island in Kvitsoy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 2.3-square-kilometre island is one of 167 islands and skerries that make up the municipality. The island is home to most of the municipal residents, as ...

Kyrkjenuten

Kyrkjenuten is a mountain in the municipality of Sauda in Rogaland county, Norway. The 1.602-metre tall mountain is the highest mountain in Sauda and also the 7th highest mountain in the county. It is located in northeastern Sauda, about 12 kilom ...

Leirnuten

Leirnuten is a mountain in the municipality of Suldal in Rogaland county, Norway. The 1.486-metre mountain lies just to the southwest of the mountain Steinkilenuten, about 20 kilometres south of the village of Nesflaten.

Li, Norway

Li is a village area in Sokndal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located along the southeastern coast of the Jossingfjorden, southeast of the municipal centre of Hauge.

Limavatnet

Limavatnet is a lake in the municipality of Gjesdal in Rogaland county, Norway. The 1.73 km 2 lake lies between the villages of Ålgård and Gjesdal. On the western end of the lake, the European route E39 highway crosses the lake on the Vaula Bridg ...

Lindoy

Lindoy is an island in the Byfjorden in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 280-decare island lies about 4 kilometres northeast of the city centre of Stavanger. It sits in an archipelago surrounded by the islands of Vassoy, Hel ...

Lundevatn

Lundevatn, or Lundevatnet, is a lake on the borders between the municipalities of Lund and Flekkefjord in Norway. The village of Moi lies at the northern end of the lake and the smaller village of Åna-Sira lies just south of the southern end of t ...

Lura, Norway

Lura is a borough of the city of Sandnes in Rogaland county, Norway. The 8-square-kilometre borough lies in the northwestern part of the city, just north of the city centre of Sandnes and just south of the city of Stavanger. The borough has a pop ...

Lyefjell

Lyefjell is a village in Time municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the hills about 5 kilometres east of the town of Bryne and about 5 kilometres north of the villages of Mossige and Undheim. The village is a resident ...

Lysebotn

Lysebotn is a village in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Lysefjorden in a very isolated valley that is only accessible by one road or by boat. The name itself means the "bottom of ...

Månafossen

Månafossen is a waterfall in Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 92-metre tall waterfall is located along the river Månaåna, about 6 kilometres east of the end of the Frafjorden where the village of Frafjord is located. The water ...

Madla

Madla is a borough of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It lies in the western part of the city, along the coast of the Hafrsfjorden. The 13.87-square-kilometre borough has a population of 21.130. This gives the borough a populati ...

Madlamark

Madlamark is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Madla at the innermost part of the Hafrsfjorden. This area was historically part of the municipality of Madla until 1965. The neighbo ...