Time Municipality
Time kommune | |
|---|---|
| Thime herred (historic name) | |
 View of a building in the town of Bryne | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Rogaland within Norway | |
 Time within Rogaland | |
| Coordinates: 58°43′22″N 05°45′55″E / 58.72278°N 5.76528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Jæren |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Bryne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020) | Andreas Vollsund (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 183.19 km2 (70.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 170.87 km2 (65.97 sq mi) |
| • Water | 12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi) 6.7% |
| • Rank | #309 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 19,781 |
| • Rank | #66 in Norway |
| • Density | 115.8/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +13.4% |
| Demonym | Timebu[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1121[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Time is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bryne. Some villages in the municipality include Kvernaland, Lyefjell, Mossige, and Undheim. Most of Time is fairly flat and it is used for agriculture. The eastern portion of the municipality is more rugged moorland.[4]
The 183-square-kilometre (71 sq mi) municipality is the 309th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Time is the 66th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 19,781. The municipality's population density is 115.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (300/sq mi) and its population has increased by 13.4% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Time" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).