Madla is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

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. It lies in the western part of the city, along the coast of the Hafrsfjorden. The borough has a population (2017) of 21,130. This gives the borough a population density of . The borough was added to the city of Stavanger in 1965 when the old municipality of Madla was merged into the city. The borough of Madla have several historical landmarks. During the Viking Age (790-1066 AD), the Battle of Hafrsfjord was fought in the fjord of Hafrsfjord around the year of 872. The violent conflict became one of the most significant battles in the history of Norway as Harald Fairhair was declared the first king of Norway as a result of the conflict. There are three churches in the borough:

Revheim Church Revheim Church ( no, Revheim kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the southern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in village of Kvernevik in the borough of Madla in the western part o ...

Madlamark Church Madlamark Church ( no, Madlamark kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the southern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Madlamark neighborhood in the borough of Madla in the west ...

, and

Sunde Church Sunde Church ( no, Sunde kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the southern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sunde in the borough of Madla in the western part of t ...

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" () do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Madla roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods:

Madlamark Madlamark is a neighborhood (''delområde'') in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Madla at the innermost part of the Hafrsfjo ...

, Hafrsfjord, Kvernevik, and Sunde.

Politics

Madla borough is led by a municipal borough council (). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances:

References

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