Storhaug is a

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of 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 ...

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,

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. This borough includes the traditional city centre and main harbor along the Byfjorden. It is located east 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 ...

borough and south of the island borough of Hundvåg. The borough has a population (2016) of 16,544. This gives the borough a

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of .

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" () do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Storhaug roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods:

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, Nylund, Varden, Paradis, Bergjeland, and

Øyane Øyane is a neighborhood (''delområde'') in the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It includes many of the islands located to the east of the m ...

Politics

Storhaug borough is led by a municipal borough council (). The council consists of 11 members, with the following

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allegiances:

References

{{use dmy dates, date=September 2020 Boroughs and neighbourhoods of Stavanger