Gjesdal

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Gjesdal kommune

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County Rogaland
District
Municipality
Administrative centre Ålgård
Mayor (2003) Karl Edvard Aksnes (KrF)
Official language form Neutral
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 618 Square kilometre>km²
558 km²
0.19 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 110
9,248
0.20 %
15.6 %
17/km²
Coordinates
[www.gjesdal.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: Gjesdal is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. To the north west it borders Sandnes, to the north Forsand, to the east Sirdal, to the south Bjerkreim, and to the west Time.

The waterfall Månafossen, the largest waterfall of the county, is located in the Frafjord valley.

Finn E. Kydland, winner of Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2004, and footballer Dagny Mellgren come from Ålgård in Gjesdal.

Gjesdal

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Municipalities of Rogaland
Bjerkreim \| Bokn \| Eigersund \| Finnøy \| Forsand \| Gjesdal \| Haugesund \| Hjelmeland \| Hå \| Karmøy \| Klepp \| Kvitsøy \| Lund \| Randaberg \| Rennesøy \| Sandnes \| Sauda \| Sokndal \| Sola \| Stavanger \| Strand \| Suldal \| Time \| Tysvær \| Utsira \| Vindafjord