Sandnes

Sandnes ) is a city and a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway and together, the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the 3rd 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 is part of the district of Jæren. The western part of the municipality is very urbanized while the eastern part of the municipality is very rural. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sandnes. The city is divided into 13 boroughs and the administrative centre is located in the borough of Trones og Sentrum. There are several village areas in the rural parts of the municipality including Hommersåk, Høle, Foss-Eikeland, Stokka, Forsand, Lysebotn, and Vatne.

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