Sola
Sola is a town in Sola, Rogaland, Western Norway and has about 24,100 residents. Sola is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sande, as well as near the hamlet Joa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola and Sola Chapel.
Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola
Museum
The Flyhistorisk Museum is located at the seaplane base near Stavanger Airport, Sola in Rogaland, and is part of the Jærmuseet regional museum. The facility is a hangar built by the Germans during World War II.
Sola Chapel
Church
Sola Chapel is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Solakrossen. It formerly was the main church for the Sola parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti in the Diocese of Stavanger.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forus and Sandnes.
Forus
Suburb
Forus is an industrial district in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Forus is situated 5 km east of Sola.
Sandnes
Sandnes is a town in Rogaland. Sandnes is part of the flat geographical area Jæren that goes from Brusand in the south to Randaberg in the north. The village of Hommersåk is covered separately.Sola
- Type: Town with 24,100 residents
- Also known as: “Haaland”, “Håland”, and “Sole”
- Category: locality
- Location: Sola, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.88596° or 58° 53′ 10″ north
Longitude
5.64795° or 5° 38′ 53″ east
Population
24,100
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NO SLA
Open location code
9FC7VJPX+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Swedish—“Sola” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “সোলা”
- Chinese: “蘇拉”
- Danish: “Sola”
- Dutch: “Sola”
- Esperanto: “Sola”
- Estonian: “Sola vald”
- Finnish: “Sola”
- German: “Sola”
- Hungarian: “Sola község”
- Italian: “Sola”
- Low German: “Kommun Sola”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sola”
- Norwegian: “Sola”
- Polish: “Sola”
- Portuguese: “Sola”
- Russian: “Сола”
- Swedish: “Sola kommun”
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