Rainfall is common, although less so than in areas further north on the coastline. As a result, winter usually remains above freezing whereas heat waves are rare and seldom long. The climate of the city is very mild by Nordic standards due to a strong maritime influence. The city is also among those that frequent various lists of expensive cities in the world, and Stavanger has even been ranked as the world's most expensive city by certain indices. In 2011, the unemployment rate was less than 2%. Stavanger has since the early 2000s consistently had an unemployment rate significantly lower than the Norwegian and European average. Immigrants make up 22.1% of Stavanger's population. Other international establishments, and especially local branches of foreign oil and gas companies, contribute further to a significant foreign population in the city. The largest of these is the University of Stavanger.ĭomestic and international military installations are located in Stavanger, including the NATO Joint Warfare Centre. Multiple educational institutions for higher education are located in Stavanger. Norwegian energy company Equinor, the largest company in the Nordic region, is headquartered in Stavanger. Today the oil industry is a key industry in the Stavanger region and the city is widely referred to as the Oil Capital of Norway. The city's rapid population growth in the late 20th century was primarily a result of Norway's booming offshore oil industry. This has caused the town centre and inner city to retain a small-town character with an unusually high ratio of detached houses, and has contributed significantly to spreading the city's population growth to outlying parts of Greater Stavanger. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part of the city's cultural heritage. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in Southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighbouring Sandnes) and the administrative centre of Rogaland county. Stavanger ( / s t ə ˈ v æ ŋ ər/, UK also / s t æ ˈ-/, US usually / s t ɑː ˈ v ɑː ŋ ər, s t ə ˈ-/, Norwegian: ( listen)) is a city and municipality in Norway.
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