Rogaland

Rogaland County
Rogaland fylke
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Coordinates: 59°N 06°E / 59°N 6°E / 59; 6
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictWestern Norway
Established1662
Administrative centreStavanger
Government
 • BodyRogaland County Municipality
 • Governor (2021)Bent Høie (H)
 • County mayor
   (2019)
Marianne Chesak (Ap)
Area
 • Total9,377.31 km2 (3,620.60 sq mi)
 • Land8,575.70 km2 (3,311.10 sq mi)
 • Water801.61 km2 (309.50 sq mi)  8.5%
 • Rank#10 in Norway
Population
 (2021)
 • Total482,645
 • Rank#4 in Norway
 • Density56.3/km2 (146/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +10.7%
DemonymRogalending[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-11[3]
Income (per capita)155,000 kr (2008)
GDP (per capita)267,000 kr (2008)
GDP national rank#4 in Norway
(6.63% of country)
WebsiteOfficial website

Rogaland ([ˈrûːɡɑlɑn] ) is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 479,892. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Stavanger, which is one of the largest cities in Norway.

Rogaland is the centre of the Norwegian petroleum industry. In 2016, Rogaland had an unemployment rate of 4.9%, one of the highest in Norway.[4] In 2015, Rogaland had a fertility rate of 1.78 children per woman, which is the highest in the country.[5] The Diocese of Stavanger for the Church of Norway includes all of Rogaland county.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Østerud, Tor Ingar (2016-02-26). "58 percent more unemployed engineers and IT people". Norway Today. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  5. ^ "Total fertility rate, women, by county". Statistics Norway. 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-23.

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