Eiganes is a neighborhood (''delområde'') in the
city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of
Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
in
Rogaland
Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located in the borough of
Eiganes og Våland
Eiganes og Våland is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located just west of the city centre, north of the lake Mosvatnet, west of the ...
. The neighborhood has a population of 3,853, distributed over an area of between the Eiganes graveyard and the Vågen bay.
Historically, Eiganes was considered to be the upper-class neighborhood for the city of Stavanger. Traditionally, only the wealthy families resided in this area. However, middle-class people also reside in this neighborhood now and there are many modern apartments which are
borettslags which is Norwegian
cooperative housing
A housing cooperative, or housing co-op, is a legal entity which owns real estate consisting of one or more residential buildings. The entity is usually a cooperative or a corporation and constitutes a form of housing tenure. Typically hou ...
. Many immigrants such as Poles, Italian, French, Romanian, and Asian people reside in this neighborhood.
References
Boroughs and neighbourhoods of Stavanger
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