Sokndal

Sokndal kommune

Administrative centre

Hauge i Dalene

Mayor (2003)

Gudmund Holmen (Ap)

Official language form

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

www.sokndal.kommune.no

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.

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Municipalities of Rogaland
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