Sauda (town)

Sauda
View of the town at night (looking towards the fjord)
View of the town at night (looking towards the fjord)
Sauda is located in Rogaland
Sauda
Sauda
Location in Rogaland county
Sauda is located in Norway
Sauda
Sauda
Sauda (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°39′02″N 6°21′15″E / 59.6506°N 6.3542°E / 59.6506; 6.3542
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyRogaland
DistrictRyfylke
MunicipalitySauda
Established as 
Town (By)1999
Area
 • Total4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total4,174
 • Density1,028/km2 (2,660/sq mi)
Demonymsaudabu
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4200 Sauda

Sauda is a town in Sauda municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town, which is also the administrative centre of the municipality, is located in a river valley at the northern end of the Saudafjorden.[3] The small suburb of Saudasjøen lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the town centre. A large part of the industrial harbour area of Sauda is built on reclaimed land that was once underwater in the fjord.

Sauda received city status in 1998. The 4.06-square-kilometre (1,000-acre) town has a population (2019) of 4,174 and a population density of 1,028 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,660/sq mi). Sauda is the largest settlement in the municipality as well as the only urban area[1]

The newspaper Ryfylke has been published in Sauda since 1926.[4]

The town has four churches: Sauda Church and Solbrekk Chapel in the town centre, Saudasjøen Chapel in the western suburb of Saudasjøen, and Hellandsbygd Chapel a few miles north of Sauda. There is also a high school in the town as well as the Ryfylkesmuseet (Ryfylke museum).[3]

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2019). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Sauda (Rogaland)". yr.no. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  3. ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Sauda – tettstedet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  4. ^ "Ryfylke – avis" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. 12 June 2021.