Storhaug

Bydel Storhaug
Borough
Coat of arms
Location within Stavanger municipality
Coordinates: 58°58′07″N 05°44′56″E / 58.96861°N 5.74889°ECoordinates: 58°58′07″N 05°44′56″E / 58.96861°N 5.74889°E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
City	Stavanger
Area
• Total	6.43 km^2 (2.48 sq mi)
Elevation[1]	22 m (72 ft)
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	16,544
• Density	2,600/km^2 (6,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	4014 Stavanger

Storhaug is a borough of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. This borough includes the traditional city centre and main harbor along the Byfjorden. It is located east of Eiganes og Våland borough and south of the island borough of Hundvåg. The 6.43-square-kilometre (1,590-acre) borough has a population (2016) of 16,544. This gives the borough a population density of 2,573 inhabitants per square kilometre (6,660/sq mi).^[2]

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" (delområder) do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Storhaug roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods: Johannes, Nylund, Varden, Paradis, Bergjeland, and Øyane.

Politics

Storhaug borough is led by a borough council (bydelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances:^[3]

Storhaug bydelsutvalg 2015–2019

Party Name		Name in Norwegian	Number of representatives
	Labour Party	Arbeiderpartiet	3
	Progress Party	Fremskrittspartiet	2
	Conservative Party	Høyre	2
	Christian Democratic Party	Kristelig Folkeparti	1
	Red Party	Rødt	1
	Liberal Party	Venstre	2
Total number of members:			11

References

1. "Stavanger" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
2. "Stavanger statistiker - bydeler" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
3. "Storhaug bydelsutvalg" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. Retrieved 2016-04-27.