Stavanger
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Stavanger

Norway · Rogaland

Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway and the administrative center of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part of the city's cultural heritage.

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Local time
UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region
Rogaland
Main language
Norwegian Bokmål
On the map
58.97° N, 5.73° E

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