Place:Hjelmeland, Rogaland, Norway

Watchers
  • no watchers


NameHjelmeland
TypeMunicipality
Located inRogaland, Norway
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hjelmelandsvågen. Other villages in the municipality include Fister, Årdal, and Jøsenfjorden.

Hjelmeland is known for its fruit (apples, pears, plums, cherries and strawberries) and fish production. Salmon has been important for the fish industry in Hjelmeland for a couple of decades, but white fish such as cod and halibut has increased its value in the latter years.

The municipality is the 105th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Hjelmeland is the 248th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,574. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Hjelmeland. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Hjelmeland%2C_Rogaland%2C_Norway"