Madla

Bydel Madla

City	Stavanger
Borough	NO-
Area  - Total (Ranked 2)  - Percent	13,87 km²  %
Population (2007)  - Total (Ranked 2)  - Percent of total  - Density]	19,823  % 1,429/km²

Madla is a former municipality and borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway.

History

Madla municipality was created by a split from Håland in 1930. At that time Madla had a population of 1,091. On 1 January 1965 Madla was incorporated into Stavanger along with the majority of Hetland municipality. Prior to the merger Madla had a population of 6,025.^[1]

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of neighbourhoods do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Madla roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods (delområder): Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Kvernevik and Sunde.

Politics

Madla has a borough council (bydelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiance:

• 2 from the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)
• 1 from the Centre Party (Senterpartiet)
• 1 from the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)
• 1 from the Liberal Party (Venstre)
• 3 from the Conservative Party (Høyre)
• 1 from the Pensioners Party (Pensjonistpartiet)
• 2 from the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)

References

• Official site
• Population and area statistics

1. ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl. 

Coordinates: 58°57′N 5°39′E / 58.95°N 5.65°E / 58.95; 5.65