Gjesdal

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Gjesdal kommune
County Rogaland
District
Municipality NO-1122
Administrative centre Ålgård
Mayor (2003) Karl Edvard Aksnes (KrF)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 179
618 km²
558 km²
0.19 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 110
9,248
0.20 %
15.6 %
17/km²
Coordinates 58°46′N 6°0′E
www.gjesdal.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 58°46′N 6°0′E

Gjesdal is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. To the north west it borders Sandnes, to the north Forsand, to the east Sirdal, to the south Bjerkreim, and to the west Time.

The waterfall Månafossen, the largest waterfall of the county, is located in the Frafjord valley.

Finn E. Kydland, winner of Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2004, and footballer Dagny Mellgren come from Ålgård in Gjesdal.

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Municipalities of Rogaland Rogaland coat of arms

Bjerkreim | Bokn | Eigersund | Finnøy | Forsand | Gjesdal | Haugesund | Hjelmeland | Hå | Karmøy | Klepp | Kvitsøy | Lund | Randaberg | Rennesøy | Sandnes | Sauda | Sokndal | Sola | Stavanger | Strand | Suldal | Time | Tysvær | Utsira | Vindafjord
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