Madla (municipality)

Madla Municipality
Madla herred
Map of Madla, located inside the present-day municipality of Stavanger
Map of Madla, located inside the present-day municipality of Stavanger
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Madla within Rogaland
Madla within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°56′37″N 05°40′13″E / 58.94361°N 5.67028°E / 58.94361; 5.67028
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictJæren
Established1 Jan 1930
 • Preceded byHåland Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byStavanger Municipality
Administrative centreMadlamark
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total15.75 km2 (6.08 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total6,025
 • Density380/km2 (990/sq mi)
DemonymMadlabu[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1125[2]

Madla is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 15.75-square-kilometre (6.08 sq mi) municipality existed from 1930 until 1965 when it was merged into Stavanger Municipality. The small municipality now exists as the borough of Madla inside the city of Stavanger, on the northeast side of the Hafrsfjorden. It was one of the smallest municipalities in Rogaland county, with only four farms: Malde (now spelled Madla), Revheim, and North- and South-Sunde. The municipal centre was located at Malde, now known as Madlamark.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Madla – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2016.