Hundvåg, Stavanger

Bydel Hundvåg
Bydel Hundvåg
	Borough
	Coat of arms
	Location within Stavanger municipality
	Coordinates: 58°59′50″N 05°43′53″E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
City	Stavanger
Area
• Total	6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	19 m (62 ft)
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	13,217
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	4083 Hundvåg

Hundvåg is a borough of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough includes a number of islands lying to the north of the main city centre of Stavanger. It includes the islands of Hundvåg, Sølyst, Grasholmen, Engøy, Buøy, Bjørnøy, Roaldsøy, and Ormøy. These islands are all connected together by bridges and they are connected to mainland Stavanger by the Stavanger City Bridge.[3]

The 6.41-square-kilometre (1,580-acre) borough has a population (2015) of 13,217. This gives the borough a population density of 2,062 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,340/sq mi).[2]

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of city's "neighbourhoods" (delområder) do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Hundvåg roughly consists of the neighbourhoods of Buøy and Hundvåg.

Politics

Hundvåg borough is led by a borough council (bydelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances:

*Hundvåg bydelsutvalg 2015–2019*
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	2
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
Total number of members:		11

References

"Hundvåg, Stavanger (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
"Stavanger statistiker - bydeler" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
Store norske leksikon. "Hundvåg" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-04-07.

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[1] "Hundvåg, Stavanger (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

[ss-2] "Stavanger statistiker - bydeler" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

[snl-3] Store norske leksikon. "Hundvåg" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-04-07.