Sandnes

of the Norwegian county of Rogaland is a commune.

Sandnes was separated from Høyland and became common to whole share in 1861. The communes of Høyland and Høle (and part of Hetland) were reinstated in Sandnes in 1957 and 1965.

From its important ceramic industry, related to the strong presence of clay in the surroundings, Sandnes was called in Norway the “city of the pottery”.

The town of Sandnes is located 15 km at the south of Stavanger. The demographic expansion of the 2 cities made them approach, so that they form today practically part of the same agglomeration. In the west the commune of Sola is, in the south Klepp and Time, in the east Gjesdal and Forsand. The Fjord Gandsfjord is located North-South and finishes in the center of Sandnes.

The relief in the area of Stavanger and Sandnes is relatively flat. On the west coast several beaches are. Inside the grounds, a landscape of plains with some tops reaching the 400-500 meters of altitude, the top of which one can admire an imposing panorama in all the directions. Sandnes is at one hour of car of the first ski stations. Famous the Lysefjord is easily accessible conveys some or boat.

Sandnes is known in Norway to be the city of the bicycle, offering many roads made-up for this purpose as well as a service of Vélopartage. The manufacturer of bicycles Øglænd DBS was installed there during several decades.

The zones of economic activities are in the south in the district of Ganddal and in north with Lura and Forus close to Stavanger, the main activities represented are oil exploration and the services in data processing. Important retail parks are established between Sandnes and Stavanger, and in particular Kvadrat ( the square ), the largest shopping mall of Norway. The porcelain company Figgjo ACE is installed in the district of Figgjo

The team of Football Sandnes Ulf figure currently among the best classified 2nd Norwegian division.

Sandnes is the only town of Norway to belong to the network of healthy cities of the the World Health Organization.

Blazon

The current blazon goes back to 1972 and represents a Ocarina. The ocarinas manufactured with Sandnes, the sandnesgauker , are famous in Norway.

External bonds

Plane of Plan city of city with legend to format pdf including museums, centers of interests, Plane housing, transport…
of city * Tourist Information (English)
Plane of city (Possibility of zoomer)
Photographs of Sandnes
Area Stavanger Site of the tourist office of the area of Stavanger

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