Stavanger ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway (through conurbation with neighbouring Sandnes) and the administrative centre of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in Southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses and has contributed significantly to spreading the city's population growth to outlying parts of Greater Stavanger. - Source: Wikipedia
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