Eiganes og Våland is a
borough
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History
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of the
city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of
Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
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, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located just west of the city centre, north of the lake
Mosvatnet, west of the lake
Stokkavatnet, and south of the borough of
Tasta
Tasta is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough is located in the northern part of the city. The borough has a population (2016) of ...
. The borough has a population (2019) of 24,070. This gives the borough a
population density
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of .
There are two churches in Eiganes og Våland:
Stokka Church
Stokka Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Stokka neighborhood in the Eiganes og Våland borough in the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Stok ...
and
Kampen Church.
Neighbourhoods
Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" () do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Eiganes og Våland roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods:
Våland,
Eiganes,
Kampen, and
Stokka.
Politics
Eiganes og Våland borough is led by a municipal borough council (). The council consists of 11 members, with the following
party
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allegiances:
References
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Boroughs and neighbourhoods of Stavanger