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Sola Municipality
Sola kommune
View of a beach in Sola
View of a beach in Sola
Flag of Sola Municipality
Coat of arms of Sola Municipality
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Sola within Rogaland
Sola within Rogaland
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictJæren
Administrative centreSolakrossen
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Ole Ueland[1] (H)
Area
 • Total68.69 km2 (26.52 sq mi)
 • Land68.47 km2 (26.44 sq mi)
 • Water0.22 km2 (0.08 sq mi)
 • Rank#406 in Norway
Population
 (2016)
 • Total26,096
 • Rank#39 in Norway
 • Density381.1/km2 (987/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +29.6%
DemonymSolabu[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1124[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

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Sola is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsmarka, Sørnes, and Stenebyen. Stavanger Airport is located in Sola, just a short distance from the large Stavanger/Sandnes metropolitan area. There are about 26,096 residents in the 69-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) municipality of Sola as of 2016.

In the western part of Sola, there are 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) of long, sandy beaches facing the North Sea. With usually ample supplies of wind and waves, the sandy beaches are a popular place for windsurfing.

General information

Map of Sola and surround municipalities
View of Ølberg at sunset
Sola Church

The municipality of Sola was established in 1930 when the old municipality of Håland was split into Sola (south of the Hafrsfjorden) and Madla (north of the Hafrsfjorden). Initially, Sola had 3,372 residents.[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Sola farm (Old Norse: Sóli), since the first Sola Church was built there. The name is very old and the meaning is unknown, although it contains the Norse word sól which translates as Sun, therefore it could have some link to the sun. Historically, the name was also spelled Sole.[6]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 1982. The arms show two silver or white waves on a blue background. The arms symbolize all of the sandy beaches along the ocean in the municipality.[7]

Churches

The Church of Norway has four parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Sola. It is part of the Tungenes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger.

Churches in Sola
Parish (Sokn) Church Name Location of the Church Year Built
Ræge Ræge Church Ræge (north of Stenebyen) 2009
Sola Sola Church Solakrossen 1955
Sørnes Sørnes Church Sørnes 1977
Tananger Tananger Church Tananger 2002
Tananger Chapel Tananger 1879

Geography

Beaches of Sola

The municipality of Sola lies on the west side of the Stavanger Peninsula, south of the Hafrsfjorden. The municipality sits just about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the centres of the cities of Stavanger and Sandnes. The island of Rott lies just off the western coast of Sola. The Fladholmen Lighthouse lies just off shore of the village of Tananger in northern Sola.[8]

History

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19515,025—    
19617,075+40.8%
19719,898+39.9%
198112,673+28.0%
199115,982+26.1%
200119,023+19.0%
201123,350+22.7%
201626,096+11.8%
Source: Statistics Norway.[9]

According to Snorre Sturlason the Battle of Hafrsfjord took place in the year AD 872, probably outside Ytraberget. Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway, is celebrated for having united Norway at this notable battle.

Sola Church Ruins

The stone crosses at Tjora date from about the year 1150. In early Christian times, these stone crosses were used as gathering points for religious ceremonies before churches were built. Sola Church Ruins (Sola ruinkirke) is the ruins of a Romanesque stone church dating from about the year 1120. The stone church probably replaced an older wooden church in the area. This wooden church was possibly the one that Erling Skjalgsson had built when he converted to Christianity at the end of the 10th century. Sola Church overlooked the Hafrsfjord and was in use until 1842.The artist Johan Bennetter (1822–1904) used the church as a studio and lived there with his family. During World War II, most of the church was demolished. It was later reconstructed, and the restoration was finished in 1995.[10][11]

Stavanger Airport, Sola was founded in 1937. At Sola airport, the first opposed landing by paratroopers took place as German Fallschirmjägers from 1st battalion of the 1st Regiment, 7th Flieger Division were dropped on the airfield. Sola Air Station became an important airfield for the Germans during World War II.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Sola, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Sola is made up of 41 representatives that are elected to every four years. For 2011–2015, the party breakdown is as follows:[12]

Sola kommunestyre 2015–2019
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 7
  Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) 1
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 16
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:41

Attractions

Ryfylke museum

Museums

Museums in Sola include:

References

  1. ^ "Ordfører" (in Norwegian). Sola kommune.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1915). Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 185–186.
  7. ^ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  8. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Sola – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  9. ^ Projected population - Statistics Norway
  10. ^ "Sola Ruinkirke". Kirkebøker. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  11. ^ "Johan Jakob Bennetter, norsk marinemaler, (1822-1904)". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  12. ^ "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.
  • Media related to Sola at Wikimedia Commons
  • The dictionary definition of Sola at Wiktionary
  • Rogaland travel guide from Wikivoyage