Egersund

Egersund
View of the town
View of the town
Egersund is located in Rogaland
Egersund
Egersund
Location of the town
Egersund is located in Norway
Egersund
Egersund
Egersund (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°26′59″N 6°00′31″E / 58.4497°N 6.0087°E / 58.4497; 6.0087
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyRogaland
DistrictDalane
MunicipalityEigersund Municipality
Established as 
Ladested18 July 1798
Area
 • Total6.79 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Elevation57 m (187 ft)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total11,433
 • Density1,684/km2 (4,360/sq mi)
DemonymEgersundar
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4370 Egersund
Egersund ladested
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Egersund within Rogaland
Egersund within Rogaland
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictDalane
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byEigersund Municipality
Administrative centreEgersund
DemonymEgersunder[3]
ISO 3166 codeNO-1101[4]

Egersund is a town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about 75 kilometres (47 mi) south of the city of Stavanger. The town is situated along a strait which separates the mainland from the island of Eigerøya. From 1838 until 1964, the town was also an independent municipality.[5]

The 6.79-square-kilometre (1,680-acre) town has a population (2019) of 11,433 and a population density of 1,684 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,360/sq mi).[1]

Egersund has one of the best natural harbours in Norway, and it used to be the largest harbour in Norway when measured in quantity of fish brought in each year (surpassed by Ålesund in 2006). The tidal range, the difference in height between high tide and low tide, is practically zero due to the presence of an amphidromic point.[6] Several internationally known companies have divisions here, like Navico (earlier Robertson autopilots) and Jeppesen Norway formerly C-MAP Norway (producer of electronic sea-maps). In addition, the Aker Solutions corporation owns and runs a large installation here which specializes in the building of parts for oil platforms. Most of the industry is related to the sea and to boats.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2019). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Egersund, Eigersund (Rogaland)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Egersund" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ^ Investigations of surface loads of the Earth - geometrical deformations and gravity changes - Brage NMBU