Official Name: | Tasta kommunedel |
Settlement Type: | Borough |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Rogaland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Jæren |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Stavanger |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.87 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 15,379 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4029 Stavanger |
Elevation M: | 65 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 58.9811°N 5.6933°W |
Tasta is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough is located in the northern part of the city.[2] The 10.87km2 borough has a population (2016) of 15,379. This gives the borough a population density of .[3]
Prior to 2020, the eastern half of the island of Åmøy was also included in this borough, but starting in 2020 that area has been part of the borough of Rennesøy.
The local sports clubs are Tasta IL and Vardeneset BK.
Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" (Norwegian: delområder) do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Tasta roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods: Indre Tasta and Ytre Tasta.
Tasta borough is led by a municipal borough council (Norwegian: kommunedelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances: