Hæen or Stokkalandsmarka is a village in Hå municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located between the villages of

Vigrestad Vigrestad is a village in Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the southwestern coast of Norway, facing the North Sea. The village sits about southeast of the village of Varhaug and about nor ...

and

Brusand Brusand is a village in Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The small village is located on a small isthmus of land between the lake Bjåvatnet and the North Sea. The village sits along the Sørlandet Line (traditionally called the Jær ...

. The Sørlandet Line runs along the south side of the village. The village is known as ''Hæen'', but it is known locally as ''Stokkalandsmarka''. The name ''Hæen'' is used by

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, but rarely used locally. The village has a population (2019) of 753 and a

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of . The municipal government of Hå has expressed a desire to get as much population growth in the municipality as possible to be centred between Hæen and

to the southeast. There are two reasons for this desire: *To balance the population in the municipality and not only have high population in the northern villages of Nærbø and

Varhaug Varhaug is the administrative centre of Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the district of Jæren and it is the second largest village in Hå municipality after Nærbø. It was also the administrative centr ...

, but to increase growth in the south. *The Hæen area is well-suited for building houses, since this area does not have the best agricultural land in Hå. Expanding the other villages in Hå would mean giving up some very good agricultural land.

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