Ryfylke is a traditional district in the northeastern part of Rogaland county, Norway . The 4,546-square-kilometre (1,755 sq mi) district, encompassing about 60% of the county's area is located northeast of Stavanger and east of Haugesund . It includes the mainland, which is northeast and east of the Boknafjorden and east of the Høgsfjorden . It also consists of the islands on the south side of the Boknafjorden. To the east, Ryfylke borders the districts of Setesdal and Sirdal , to the south is Jæren , and to the west is Haugalandet . Ryfylke is one of the 15 districts in Western Norway .
23-588: Ryfylke comprises the contemporary municipalities of Sauda , Suldal , Hjelmeland , Strand , Kvitsøy , the eastern island portion of Stavanger , the Forsand part of Sandnes , and eastern Gjesdal . There are no large cities in Ryfylke, but there are two large towns, Sauda and Jørpeland . Scenic attractions include the Lysefjord with the mountains of Preikestolen ("Pulpit Rock") and Kjerag . The landscape of Ryfylke
46-418: A spring of water. Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Søvde or Saude . On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Sauda . The coat of arms was granted on 14 May 1976. The official blazon is " Azure , three pallets dancetty argent " ( Norwegian : I blått en vertical sølv trillingstreng med bredtannet snitt ). This means
69-517: A farming village was now over, and the people of today still live on the foundation of the new city that emerged. By the end of World War II , the Germans had finished building a large Aluminum Melting Plant in Saudasjøen, but the production was moved to Årdal in 1946. The remaining buildings were demolished by the municipality in the 1950s, leaving the industrial area in Saudasjøen empty for decades. In
92-714: A possibility for the development of an industry in the village. Presently, the power is used for melting metal ore in smelters in the municipality. The arms were designed by Johan Matland. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms. The Church of Norway has one parish ( sokn ) within the municipality of Sauda. It is part of the Ryfylke prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Stavanger . Archaeological excavation in Saudasjøen shows that people have been living in Sauda since
115-480: A small industrial area and trading center for the surrounding region. In 1910, the American company Electric Furnace Company (EFP) began the construction of Europe 's largest smelting plant in Sauda. This could only be done because of the large number of waterfalls and rivers that made it possible to build power plants situated a short distance from the smelter, which uses large amounts of electricity. Sauda's time as
138-649: Is a municipality in Rogaland county , Norway . The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sauda , where most of the population lives. Other villages in the municipality include Saudasjøen and Amdal . Despite being in the northern part of the region of Ryfylke , Sauda participates in the Haugalandet Council and is under the jurisdiction of the Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court . The 547-square-kilometre (211 sq mi) municipality
161-485: Is a large amount of precipitation. The weather station in Sauda has been operating since March 1928. The all-time high temperature 34.6 °C (94.3 °F) was recorded July 2019, and the record low −17.2 °C (1.0 °F) was set in January 2010 (extremes available back to 2003).The average date for the first overnight freeze (below 0 °C (32 °F)) in autumn is October 15 (1981-2010 average). Sauda Municipality
184-522: Is characterized by high mountains in the interior; the highest and wildest are located in the north and are formed by hard, igneous rock . At Haukalivatnet Lake (near Lysefjorden), there is a distinct end moraine presumably created by a prehistoric glacier. This moraine led professor Jens Esmark (in 1824) to formulate the theory of an ice age over Scandinavia and other parts of the world. Esmark believed that climate change due to changes in Earth's orbit caused
207-1219: Is industry, with large companies represented like Eramet , Saint-Gobain , Statkraft , Sauda Building Center , Statnett , Elkem , and Effektivt Renhold Sauda has sister city agreements with the following places: sj%C3%B3%C3%B0a#Old Norse Look for Sjóða on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Sjóða in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
230-410: Is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality
253-500: Is spring and early summer, which demonstrates an oceanic precipitation pattern. December precipitation is almost three times larger than in May. Situated at the innermost part of the long and narrow fjord of Sauda, the oceanic influences are less than in Stavanger, but still enough to moderate winters. Atlantic lows coming from the west goes up against the mountains surrounding Sauda and the result
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#1732845328648276-524: Is the 197th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sauda is the 190th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,543. The municipality's population density is 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.3% over the previous 10-year period. The city of Sauda is the fifth largest city in Rogaland county with 4,254 inhabitants (2016), and
299-481: Is under the jurisdiction of the Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal . The municipal council ( Kommunestyre ) of Sauda is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayors ( Norwegian : ordfører ) of Sauda (incomplete list): The main activity
322-460: The article wizard to submit a draft for review, or request a new article . Search for " Sjóða " in existing articles. Look for pages within Misplaced Pages that link to this title . Other reasons this message may be displayed: If a page was recently created here, it may not be visible yet because of a delay in updating the database; wait a few minutes or try the purge function . Titles on Misplaced Pages are case sensitive except for
345-465: The 1980s, a glass production factory was established together with a couple of mechanic production factories. The population of Sauda reached its peak in the mid-1960s, approximately 6,700 inhabitants. In 1998, the urban area of Sauda was declared to be a city (mostly a symbolic name, with no new municipal authority). Sauda is located in the valleys and mountains surrounding the Saudafjorden . Outside of
368-429: The arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a set of three, vertical, jagged lines. The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The jagged lines symbolically represent a river as a means for hydroelectricity (they can also be seen as "electrical sparks"). Historically, power was generated by watermills , providing
391-406: The city center is home to Northern Europe's largest smelting plant, Eramet Norway AS . The municipality is situated in the mountain valleys surrounding the Saudafjorden . The municipality of Sauda was established in 1842 when it was separated from the large municipality of Suldal . Initially, Sauda had a population of 1,584. The municipal boundaries have never changed. The municipality declared
414-399: The ice ages. The Old Norse form of the name was Rygjafylki . The first element is the genitive plural of rygir , which means "person that eats rye", and the last element is fylke , which means "people" and has the same origin as German volk . This Rogaland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sauda Sauda ( listen )
437-461: The latest Ice Age . In 1349, the Plague/ Black Death wiped out about two-thirds of the population in Sauda, causing a decline in both population and economy. Despite this, the population was increasing during the medieval period, and a new type of industry started to grow. Along the fjord, the power from several waterfalls was used to build and run sawmills, and large-scale lumber production
460-399: The main valley, most of the municipality is very mountainous terrain, with mountains like Skaulen (1,560 metres or 5,120 feet) and Kyrkjenuten (1,620 metres or 5,310 feet). The city of Sauda is located about two hours by boat from the city of Stavanger , about four hours by car from the city of Bergen , and about six hours by car from the national capital, Oslo . The mountains surrounding
483-473: The urban area of Sauda as a city in 1999. The municipality (originally the parish ) is named after the old Sauda farm ( Old Norse : Sauðar ) since the first Sauda Church was built there. The farm is now part of the village of Saudasjøen . The name seems to come from the word sauðr which means " sheep ", however, the same word is also the singular past indicative of the verb sjóða which means "to seethe" or "to boil", possibly referring to
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#1732845328648506-404: The village of Saudasjøen contain one of the biggest ski resorts on the west coast of Norway. The city of Sauda is located on flat land, a delta created by the rivers that empty into the fjord just outside the town centre. Sauda has something in between a humid continental climate (Dfb) and a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb). The wettest part of the year is late autumn and winter and the driest
529-472: Was started. People from all over the world, especially from the Netherlands , started to trade with the people of Sauda. This resulted in major ship traffic, giving impetus to further development of the villages and farms in Sauda. By the end of the 19th century, a new type of adventure would change the lives of the inhabitants forever. The mining industry started in the mountains of Hellandsbygd , making Sauda
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