Sokndal
|
|
| ||
| County | Rogaland | |
| Landscape | Dalane | |
| Municipality | NO-1111 | |
| Administrative centre | Hauge i Dalene | |
| Mayor (2005) | Gudmund Holmen (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 279 295 km² 267 km² 0.09 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 255 3,320 0.07 % -5.4 % 12/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.sokndal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1111) | ||
Sokndal is a municipality in the county of Rogaland.
Sogndalstrand is a pittoresque, old fishing village, which may have inspired the municipality in becoming Norway's first member of Cittaslow.
In Hauge i Dalane, there is a titanium mine called Titania, supplying 10% of the world production of ilmenite.
The fjord Jøssingfjord, known for the Altmark Incident, is also located in Sokndal.
External links
- Sokndal (in English) (http://home.c2i.net/camaro/sokndal/sokndal.html)
- A presentation of Sokndal Municipality (http://www.norwaypost.no/NP/counties/sokndal.html)
- cittaslow.no (http://www.cittaslow.no/)
| Municipalities of Rogaland | 
|
|---|---|
|
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 | Ølen | |