Suldal
Suldal Municipality
Suldal kommune | |
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| Suledal herred (historic name) | |
View of the lake Suldalsvatnet | |
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Rogaland within Norway | |
Suldal within Rogaland | |
| Coordinates: 59°28′06″N 06°29′59″E / 59.46833°N 6.49972°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Ryfylke |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Sand |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Mads Drange (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,736.65 km2 (670.52 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,582.21 km2 (610.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 154.06 km2 (59.48 sq mi) 8.9% |
| • Rank | #46 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,815 |
| • Rank | #210 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.5% |
| Demonym | Suldøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1134 |
| Website | Official website |
Suldal is a municipality in the northeast corner of Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. Since 1965, the administrative centre of Suldal is the village of Sand i Ryfylke (prior to that it was the village of Suldalsosen). Other villages in Suldal include Erfjord, Jelsa, Marvik, Nesflaten, Vanvik, and Suldalsosen.
The 1,737-square-kilometre (671 sq mi) municipality is the 46th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Suldal is the 210th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,815. The municipality's population density is 2.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.2/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.5% over the previous 10-year period.