Tasta is a

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of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county,

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. The borough is located in the northern part of the city. The borough has a population (2016) of 15,379. This gives the borough a

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of . Prior to 2020, the eastern half of the island of

Åmøy Åmøy is an island in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island lies just north of the city of Stavanger in a group of islands. The islands of Sokn and Bru both lie to the west of Åmøy and the islands of Mosterøy a ...

was also included in this borough, but starting in 2020 that area has been part of the borough of

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. The local sports clubs are Tasta IL and

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Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" () do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Tasta roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods: Indre Tasta and Ytre Tasta.

Politics

Tasta borough is led by a municipal borough council (). The council consists of 11 members, with the following

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allegiances:

References

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