Våland is a neighborhood (''delområde'') in 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 ...

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,

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. It is located in the borough of

Eiganes og Våland Eiganes og Våland is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located just west of the city centre, north of the lake Mosvatnet, west of the ...

. It is located to the south part of central Stavanger—east of Mosvatnet lake. The neighborhood has a population of 6,152 which is distributed over an area of . City map stavanger

History

Våland was populated around the 18th century. Its highest point is the tall Våland tower. Before today's tower was built, there supposedly stood a watchtower at the area. It was called ''Vålandspibå'' (), a name still used for the tower.

References

Boroughs and neighbourhoods of Stavanger {{Rogaland-geo-stub