Klepp Municipality
municipality in Rogaland, Norway
Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, Pollestad, Verdalen, and Voll. Klepp is a flat and open agricultural landscape. There are long stretches of sand beaches along the North Sea coastline in the west.
The 113.48-square-kilometre (43.81 sq mi) municipality is the 325th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Klepp Municipality is the 62nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,444. The municipality's population density is 189 inhabitants per square kilometre (490/sq mi) and its population has increased by 13% over the previous 10-year period. The population around Kleppe is growing rapidly, mostly in the form of suburban single-family homes, but also in the form of some apartment blocks.
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