Tasta

Bydel Tasta
Bydel Tasta
	Borough
	Coat of arms
	Location within Stavanger municipality
	Coordinates: 58°58′52″N 05°41′36″E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
City	Stavanger
Area
• Total	10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	15,379
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	4029 Stavanger

Tasta is a borough of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough is located in the northern part of the city, however, it is split between the mainland along the Byfjorden, in addition to the eastern part of the island of Åmøy (the western part is in Rennesøy municipality).[3] The 10.87-square-kilometre (2,690-acre) borough has a population (2016) of 15,379. This gives the borough a population density of 1,415 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,660/sq mi).[2]

The local sports clubs are Tasta IL and Vardeneset BK.

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" (delområder) do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Tasta roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods: Indre Tasta and Ytre Tasta.

Politics

Tasta borough is led by a borough council (bydelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances:[4]

*Tasta bydelsutvalg 2015–2019*
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
Total number of members:		11

References

"Tasta, Stavanger" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
"Stavanger statistiker - bydeler" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
Store norske leksikon. "Tasta" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-04-27.
"Madla bydelsutvalg" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

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[1] "Tasta, Stavanger" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

[ss-2] "Stavanger statistiker - bydeler" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

[snl-3] Store norske leksikon. "Tasta" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-04-27.

[4] "Madla bydelsutvalg" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. Retrieved 2016-04-27.