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'''Madla''' |
'''Madla''', a former municipality for 35 years, is a borough of the city of [[Stavanger]], [[Norway]]. |
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Revision as of 20:46, 21 January 2013
Bydel Madla | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Norway |
| City | Stavanger |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,387 km2 (536 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 19,823 |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| • Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO- |
Madla, a former municipality for 35 years, is a borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway.
History
Madla municipality was created by a split from Håland in 1930. At that time Madla had a population of 1,091. On 1 January 1965 Madla was incorporated into Stavanger along with the majority of Hetland municipality. Prior to the merger Madla had a population of 6,025.[1]
Neighbourhoods
Although the borders of neighbourhoods do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Madla roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods (delområder): Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Kvernevik and Sunde.
Politics
Madla has a borough council (bydelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiance:
- 2 from the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)
- 1 from the Centre Party (Senterpartiet)
- 1 from the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)
- 1 from the Liberal Party (Venstre)
- 3 from the Conservative Party (Høyre)
- 1 from the Pensioners Party (Pensjonistpartiet)
- 2 from the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)
Notes
- ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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