Gjesdal
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| County | Rogaland | |
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| Municipality | NO-1122 | |
| Administrative centre | Ålgård | |
| Mayor (2003) | Karl Edvard Aksnes (KrF) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 179 618 km² 558 km² 0.19 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 110 9,248 0.20 % 15.6 % 17/km² |
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| www.gjesdal.kommune.no |
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Gjesdal is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. To the north west it borders Sandnes, to the north Forsand, to the east Sirdal, to the south Bjerkreim, and to the west Time.
The waterfall Månafossen, the largest waterfall of the county, is located in the Frafjord valley.
Finn E. Kydland, winner of Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2004, and footballer Dagny Mellgren come from Ålgård in Gjesdal.
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Bjerkreim | Bokn | Eigersund | Finnøy | Forsand | Gjesdal | Haugesund | Hjelmeland | Hå | Karmøy | Klepp | Kvitsøy | Lund | Randaberg | Rennesøy | Sandnes | Sauda | Sokndal | Sola | Stavanger | Strand | Suldal | Time | Tysvær | Utsira | Vindafjord |
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