Fister
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Fister is a small village near Stavanger
in the Hjelmeland
municipality on the south-western Norwegian
coast. Fister has the highest average temperature in Norway. It is visited by many tourists each year. There are no big tourist attractions except for the beautiful nature, fishing in the fjords, lots of peace and quiet, and until its recent death a parrot in a tree.
Fister used to be a municipality of its own, created when Hjelmeland og Fister was split on July 1, 1884. Fister had 832 inhabitants by the time of creation.
On January 1, 1965 the majority of Fister with 467 inhabitants became a part of Hjelmeland
municipality. Fisterøyene, an island group with 246 inhabitants, were moved to the municipality of Finnøy
.
Fister church was built in 1867. The architect, Hans Linstow (1787-1851) designed several churches in Norway, in addition to the Royal Palace, Oslo
.
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
in the Hjelmeland
Hjelmeland
is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Hjelmeland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Two other municipalities were later separated from it: Årdal and Fister , but these were both again merged with Hjelmeland on 1 January 1965.Hjelmeland is known for their fruit and fish...
municipality on the south-western Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
coast. Fister has the highest average temperature in Norway. It is visited by many tourists each year. There are no big tourist attractions except for the beautiful nature, fishing in the fjords, lots of peace and quiet, and until its recent death a parrot in a tree.
Fister used to be a municipality of its own, created when Hjelmeland og Fister was split on July 1, 1884. Fister had 832 inhabitants by the time of creation.
On January 1, 1965 the majority of Fister with 467 inhabitants became a part of Hjelmeland
Hjelmeland
is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Hjelmeland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Two other municipalities were later separated from it: Årdal and Fister , but these were both again merged with Hjelmeland on 1 January 1965.Hjelmeland is known for their fruit and fish...
municipality. Fisterøyene, an island group with 246 inhabitants, were moved to the municipality of Finnøy
Finnøy
Finnøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is an island community located in Boknafjorden, 13 nautical miles north of Stavanger.The parish of Finnø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
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Fister church was built in 1867. The architect, Hans Linstow (1787-1851) designed several churches in Norway, in addition to the Royal Palace, Oslo
Royal Palace, Oslo
The Royal Palace in Oslo was built in the first half of the 19th century as the Norwegian residence of Norwegian and Swedish king Charles III and is the official residence of the present Norwegian Monarch. The crown prince couple resides at Skaugum in Asker west of Oslo...
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