Sauda Municipality
Sauda kommune | |
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| Saude herred (historic name) Søvde herred (historic name) | |
 View of the town of Sauda at night | |
 Flag | |
 Rogaland within Norway | |
 Sauda within Rogaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°41′15″N 06°26′14″E / 59.68750°N 6.43722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Ryfylke |
| Established | 1842 |
| • Preceded by | Suldal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sauda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Håvard Handeland (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 546.55 km2 (211.02 sq mi) |
| • Land | 507.50 km2 (195.95 sq mi) |
| • Water | 39.05 km2 (15.08 sq mi) 7.1% |
| • Rank | #197 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 4,543 |
| • Rank | #190 in Norway |
| • Density | 9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −4.3% |
| Demonym | Saudabu[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1135[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Sauda () is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sauda, where most of the population lives. Other villages in the municipality include Saudasjøen and Amdal. Despite being in the northern part of the region of Ryfylke, Sauda participates in the Haugalandet Council and is under the jurisdiction of the Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court.[4]
The 547-square-kilometre (211 sq mi) municipality is the 197th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sauda is the 190th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,543. The municipality's population density is 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.3% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
The city of Sauda is the fifth largest city in Rogaland county with 4,254 inhabitants (2016), and the city center is home to Northern Europe's largest smelting plant, Eramet Norway AS. The municipality is situated in the mountain valleys surrounding the Saudafjorden.
- ^ "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. "Sauda" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ 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).