- Høyland
Høyland is a former municipality in
Rogaland county, Norway.The parish of "Høiland" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,286. On6 April 1861 the citySandnes was separated from Høyland to contstitute a municipality of its own. The split left Høyland with 3,376 inhabitants. In 1912 a part of Høyland with 41 inhabitants was moved toHetland , and in 1957 a part of Høyland with 18 inhabitants was moved to Sandnes.On
1 January 1965 the rest of Høyland was incorporated into Sandnes along with parts of Hetland andHøle . Prior to the merger Høyland had a population of 20,353.References
*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl
*cite web |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos11.html |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Rogaland 1801-1960 |accessdate= |author=Registreringssentral for historiske data |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tromsø |language= no icon
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