Jelsa, Norway

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Jelsa (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°20′14″N06°01′35″E / 59.33722°N 6.02639°E / 59.33722; 6.02639 Coordinates: 59°20′14″N06°01′35″E / 59.33722°N 6.02639°E / 59.33722; 6.02639
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Rogaland
District Ryfylke
Municipality Suldal
Elevation [1] 1 m (3 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code4234 Jelsa

Jelsa is a village in Suldal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the inner part of the Boknafjorden, near the mouths of the Sandsfjorden and Erfjorden. The village is the site of a school, store, gas station, and some small stores. There was a barrel factory here until it closed in 2009. Jelsa Church is located in this village.

Suldal Municipality in Rogaland, Norway

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. Other villages in Suldal include Hålandsosen, Jelsa, Marvik, Nesflaten, and Suldalsosen.

Rogaland County (fylke) of Norway

Rogaland[²ruːɡɑlɑn](listen) is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder, and Vest-Agder counties. Rogaland is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry. In 2016, Rogaland had an unemployment rate of 4.9%, one of the highest in Norway. In 2015, Rogaland had a fertility rate of 1.78 children per woman, which is the highest in the country.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Jelsa which existed from 1838 until 1965.

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Jelsa is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 130-square-kilometre (50 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1965. It encompassed area in the present-day municipalities of Suldal, Hjelmeland, and Finnøy that surround the Sandsfjorden. The administrative centre was the village of Jelsa, where Jelsa Church is located.

The village lies along Norwegian county road 517, and it is a regular ferry stop on the route from Nedstrand-Hebnes-Foldøy-Jelsa.

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References

  1. "Jelsa, Suldal (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2015-05-19.