Sand, Rogaland
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Sand is a village and former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.
The municipality was created by a split from Jelsa in 1859. At that time Sand had 1,600 inhabitants.
On 1 January 1965 Sand was incorporated into the neighboring municipality Suldal. Prior to the merger Sand had 1,135 inhabitants.[1]
The village Sand has a population of 1,157.[2] It is the administrative centre of Suldal municipality.
[edit] References
- ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl.
- ^ Statistics Norway (2006). Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2006. http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2006-07-05-01-en.html.
