Sand, Rogaland

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Sand is a village and former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

The municipality was created by a split from Jelsa in 1859. At that time Sand had 1,600 inhabitants.

On 1 January 1965 Sand was incorporated into the neighboring municipality Suldal. Prior to the merger Sand had 1,135 inhabitants [1].

The village Sand has a population of 1,157 [2]. It is the administrative centre of Suldal municipality.

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  1. ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
  2. ^ Statistics Norway (2006). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2006".
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