Tasta Explained

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.

Neighbourhoods

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.

Politics

Tasta borough is led by a municipal borough council (Norwegian: kommunedelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tasta, Stavanger . 2016-04-27 . . Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Store norske leksikon . Store norske leksikon . Tasta . 2016-04-27 . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: 1 January 2016 . Stavanger statistiker - bydeler . 2016-04-27 . Stavanger kommune . Norwegian.