Pollestad is a village in

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, ...

municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located south of the lake

Orrevatnet Orrevatnet is a lake in the municipality of Klepp in Rogaland county, Norway. The lake is the largest lake in Jæren. The lake sits about above sea level and it is situated along the seashore. The wide sandy beach strip of land that separate ...

and about southwest of the town of

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. Orre Church is located in Pollestad. It was built in 1950 to replace the nearly 800-year-old Old Orre Church located to the northwest in the village of Orre. The village has a population (2019) of 726 and a

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of . The village has a store, gas station, school, day care, and sports club.

References

Villages in Rogaland Klepp {{Rogaland-geo-stub