Haugesund
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| County | Rogaland | |
| District | Haugaland | |
| Municipality | ||
| Administrative centre | Haugesund | |
| Mayor (2005) | Petter Steen jr. (H) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 73 Square kilometre>km² 68 km² 0.02 % | |
| Population - Total (as of 2004>2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 24 31,361 0.69 % 9.4 % 459/km² | |
| Coordinates | ||
| [www.haugesund.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
Haugesund is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. It was founded in 1854, but was a centre of power at least as early as the Viking Age. Some historians argue that the first king of Norway, Harald Fairhair, came from Avaldsnes just outside Haugesund. The town is situated at a strategically important sound through which ships could pass without heavy sea. Haugesund's metropolitan region has a population of 83,309 inhabitants.
Events in Haugesund
Jazz festival
Traditionally the people of Haugesund have mostly been fishermen. The second weekend of August each year the herring is celebrated in the jazz-festival sildajazz. (Sild is Norwegian for herring.)International Film Festival
The Norwegian International Film Festival is held in Haugesund each year, showing films for the cinema representing a wide geographical and cultural section.Amanda Award
The Amanda Award, Norway's most honored film award, has been held in Haugesund since 1985 in concurrence with the film festival.
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-->Haugesund in August
August may be the best month for a visit to Haugesund. In addition to pleasant summer temperatures, the two major festivals, one for Jazz, one for Film, ensures that the town is pleasantly crowded at that time, including the Smedasund harbour area.
Communications
Haugesund is a port city, and there is a catamaran service to Stavanger and Bergen. Haugesund Airport, Karmøy is located on the island of Karmøy southwest of Haugesund. Local bus transport is provided by Haugaland Buss. Coast Air is a Norwegian airline based in Haugesund.Twinned with
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| Municipalities of Rogaland |
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| 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 | |
| 25 biggest cities of Norway (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Norway [link]) |
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| Oslo (811,700) | Bergen (213,600) | Stavanger (173,100) | Trondheim (147,100) | Fredrikstad (97,100) | Drammen (90,700) | Skien (85,100) | Kristiansand (70,700) | Tromsø (52,400) | Tønsberg (45,000) | Ålesund (44,100) | Haugesund (40,300) | Sandefjord (39,600) | Moss (34,500) | Bodø (34,100) | Arendal (30,900) | Hamar (28,800) | Larvik (23,100) | Halden (22,000) | Harstad (19,400) | Lillehammer (19,100) | Molde (18,600) | Mo i Rana (17,900) | Kongsberg (17,700) | Horten (17,700) |
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