Hetland

Hetland Municipality
Hetland kommune
View of Grødem village
View of Grødem village
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Hetland within Rogaland
Hetland within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°53′32″N 05°44′01″E / 58.89222°N 5.73361°E / 58.89222; 5.73361
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictJæren
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded bySandnes and Stavanger municipalities
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
92 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total
24,173
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
DemonymHetlandsbu[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1126[2]

Hetland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965 when it was dissolved. The municipality included the Stavanger Peninsula and the land surrounding both sides of the Gandsfjorden, but not the area around the head of the fjord. It originally encompassed the land surrounding the city of Stavanger in the present-day municipalities of Randaberg and Stavanger (except the city of Stavanger) and part of the municipality of Sandnes. The main church for Hetland was Hetland Church (now named "Frue Church"). Upon its dissolution in 1965, the 92-square-kilometre (36 sq mi) municipality had 24,173 residents.[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. "Hetland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 March 2016.