{{Short description|Urban area in Rogaland, Norway}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Stavanger/Sandnes | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Urban area | image_skyline = | image_caption = View of the village | image_map = Tettsted 4522 Stavanger Sandnes 2022.png | map_alt = | map_caption = The green areas are included in Stavanger/Sandnes | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Norway]] | subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Western Norway]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Norway|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Rogaland]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Norway|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Jæren]] | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +01:00 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 | area_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> | area_total_km2 = 80.13 | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> | population_total = 241644 | population_density_km2 = 3016 | coordinates = {{coord|58|57|54|N|05|43|04|E|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Stavanger/Sandnes''' is the [[List of urban areas in Norway by population|third largest]] [[urban area]] in [[Norway]]. It consists of the densely built-up areas in the municipalities of [[Stavanger Municipality|Stavanger]], [[Sandnes Municipality|Sandnes]], [[Sola Municipality|Sola]], and [[Randaberg Municipality|Randaberg]], most of which are located on the [[Stavanger Peninsula]], its surrounding islands, and the mainland south of the peninsula. Stavanger/Sandnes is the central part of the [[Stavanger Region]].
The {{convert|80.13|km2|1|adj=on}} urban area has a population (2025) of {{formatnum:241644}} and a [[population density]] of {{convert|3016|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2025-10-27 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}}</ref> The area has had a big growth in population, and is one of the fastest growing urban areas in Norway. It is expected that larger portions of [[Sola Municipality]] will grow together with the urban area in the future.
==Population== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Population in the urban area by municipality<ref name="ssb" /><ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=no}}</ref> !Name!!Population in this urban area!!Total municipal population |- |[[Stavanger Municipality]]||{{formatnum:139358}}||{{formatnum:150123}} |- |[[Sandnes Municipality]]||{{formatnum:67919}}||{{formatnum:84908}} |- |[[Sola Municipality]]||{{formatnum:24064}}||{{formatnum:29153}} |- |[[Randaberg Municipality]]||{{formatnum:10303}}||{{formatnum:11795}} |}
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