Beach somewhere south-west of Stavanger, Norway

Kleppe is the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

Klepp Klepp 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 Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, Polle ...

municipality in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

county, Norway. The village is located about halfway between the lakes Orrevatnet and

Frøylandsvatnet Frøylandsvatnet is a lake in Rogaland county, Norway. The lake is located in the district of Jæren. It forms part of the municipal boundary line between Klepp and Time, Norway, Time. The lake is quite shallow, with an average depth of . The ...

. The village of

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lies about northwest of Kleppe and the village of

Klepp stasjon Klepp Stasjon is a village in Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the lake Frøylandsvatnet, about east of the village of Kleppe and about southwest of the village of Orstad. The village is n ...

lies about to the east. The town of Bryne lies about to the south and the city of Sandnes is located about to the northeast.

Klepp Church Klepp Church ( no, Klepp kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Klepp Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kleppe. It is the church for the Klepp parish which is part of the Jæren prosti (deaner ...

is located in Kleppe. The population around Kleppe is growing rapidly, mostly in the form of suburban single-family homes, but also in the form of

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s. The village of Kleppe and its suburb

Verdalen Verdalen is a village in Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located immediately northwest of the municipal centre of Kleppe, south of the village of Voll, and east of the village of Bore Bore or Bores often refer to: ...

have grown together to form one large urban area known as Kleppe or Kleppe/Verdalen. The village has a population (2019) of 9,245 and a population density of .

Name

The name "Kleppe" comes from the Old Norse word "kleppr" which means "stone" or "hill".

References

Villages in Rogaland Klepp {{Rogaland-geo-stub