Madla
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| City | Stavanger | |||
| Borough | NO- | |||
| Area | 13,87 km² | |||
| Population - Total (2007) - Density |
19,823 1,429/km² |
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Madla is a former municipality and borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway.
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[edit] History
Madla municipality was created by a split from Håland in 1930. At that time Madla had a population of 1,091. On 1 January 1965 Madla was incorporated into Stavanger along with the majority of Hetland municipality. Prior to the merger Madla had a population of 6,025.[1]
[edit] Neighbourhoods
Although the borders of neighbourhoods do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Madla roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods (delområder): Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Kvernevik and Sunde.
[edit] Politics
Madla has a borough council (bydelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiance:
- 2 from the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)
- 1 from the Centre Party (Senterpartiet)
- 1 from the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)
- 1 from the Liberal Party (Venstre)
- 3 from the Conservative Party (Høyre)
- 1 from the Pensioners Party (Pensjonistpartiet)
- 2 from the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)
[edit] References
- ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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