Forsand is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 780-square-kilometre (300 sq mi) municipality existed from 1871 until 2020 when it was merged into Sandnes municipality. It was located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Forsand. Other villages in the municipality included Lysebotn, Øvre Espedal, Oanes, Kolabygda, and Fløyrli.
Lysebotn, located at the head of the Lysefjorden
View of Kjerag, overlooking the Lysefjorden
View of a Viking house in the Landa museum in Forsand
Panoramic view over the village Lysebotn located innermost in the Lysefjord (full image)
Sandnes is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lies in the extreme western part of the vast municipality and it makes up about 5% of the total land area of the municipality.
View of the city from the south
View of the village of Hommersåk
View of the city in 2008
Panoramic view over the village Lysebotn located innermost in the Lysefjord (full image)
