Saudasjøen

Saudasjøen
Saudasjøen
	Village
	Saudasjøen Location in Rogaland county Saudasjøen Saudasjøen (Norway)
	Coordinates: 59°38′17″N06°18′11″E / 59.63806°N 6.30306°E Coordinates: 59°38′17″N06°18′11″E / 59.63806°N 6.30306°E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Ryfylke
Municipality	Sauda
Elevation [1]	23 m (75 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	4208 Saudasjøen

Last updated February 20, 2019

Saudasjøen is a village in Sauda municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the northern coast of the Saudafjorden about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of the town of Sauda. For statistical purposes it is considered a part of the urban area of the town of Sauda. The village is mostly a bedroom community for the nearby town of Sauda. There are some small industries in Saudasjøen as well as the Saudasjøen Chapel. County Road 520 runs through the village along the shore of the fjord.^[2]

Sauda(listen ) is a municipality and industrial town in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sauda, where most of the population lives. Other villages in the municipality include Saudasjøen and Amdal. Despite being in the northern part of the region of Ryfylke, Sauda participates in the Haugalandet Council and is under the jurisdiction of the Haugaland District Court.

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, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern 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.

History

Historically, Saudasjøen arose as a seaside resort near the small farm of Sauda and it became industrialized in the 1800s. The municipality was incorporated in 1838 and the village of Saudasjøen became its administrative centre (a position it held until the early 1900s when it was moved to Sauda. The small village is an important industrial location, especially in the field of metallurgy. Merchants settled around the quay at the old seaside resort and there were also a number of hotels and cafes in the area including the Sauda Fjordhotel and the Sauda Skisenter. The municipal high school was located here until 1989.

A seaside resort is a resort town or resort village, or resort hotel, located on the coast. Sometimes it is also an officially accredited title, that is only awarded to a town when the requirements are met. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

Sauda is a town in Sauda municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town, which is also the administrative centre of the municipality, is located in a river valley at the northern end of the Saudafjorden. The small suburb of Saudasjøen lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the town centre. A large part of the industrial harbour area of Sauda is built on reclaimed land that was once underwater in the fjord.

During World War II there was built a large aluminum plant at Nesøyra but production was moved to Årdal in 1947. The glass production factory Si-Glass was also located at Nesøyra. Saudasjøen is the site of the cemetery with Russian graves from World War II.

Årdal is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Årdalsfjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Årdalstangen is the administrative center of the municipality. The other main village is Øvre Årdal. The municipality of Årdal was created in 1860 when it was separated from the municipality of Lærdal.

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References

↑ "Saudasjøen, Sauda (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2015-05-06.
↑ Store norske leksikon. "Saudasjøen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-05-06.

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[1] "Saudasjøen, Sauda (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2015-05-06.

[snl-2] Store norske leksikon. "Saudasjøen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-05-06.

Saudasjøen
Village
Saudasjøen Location in Rogaland county Show map of Rogaland Saudasjøen Saudasjøen (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 59°38′17″N06°18′11″E / 59.63806°N 6.30306°E / 59.63806; 6.30306 Coordinates: 59°38′17″N06°18′11″E / 59.63806°N 6.30306°E / 59.63806; 6.30306
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Ryfylke
Municipality	Sauda
Elevation^[1]	23 m (75 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	4208 Saudasjøen