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are located in the Risavika harbour area. Risavika harbour has been expanded using infill to enlarge its capacity. There are international ferries to Denmark that leave from Tananger. Also located in Risavika harbour is an NGL plant run by electricity company
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fishing was valued for its worth as an export article. Since then, trading with lobster, fish as well as exclusive articles such as tobacco, coffee, and tea, that came with the bigger ships that sought port in storms, led to the establishment of a
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of 1,430 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,700/sq mi). Tananger has grown significantly, more than doubling in size from 1980 until 2015. Since 1 January 2017, the urban area of Tananger has been included in the
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station under the main customs office in Stavanger in 1777 and it lasted here until 1958. The dangerous rocks in the seas just outside Tananger made the waters so perilous that a
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service existed as early as 1679, but was organised in 1720 under national control. Tananger upholds its piloting service to this day, but the customers are mostly
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Tananger (mentioned in sources dated to 1608), was used as a safe haven in times of bad weather. It was considered the best and deepest harbour north of
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The 4.46-square-kilometre (1,100-acre) village has a population (2015) of 6,377 which gives the village a
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establishing in Tananger as one of the first supply bases to the offshore activities.
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urban area, so separate population statistics are no longer tracked.
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MV Alta
Map of the Tananger area
Tananger is located in Rogaland
Rogaland
Tananger is located in Norway
58°56′10″N 05°34′26″E / 58.93611°N 5.57389°E / 58.93611; 5.57389
Norway
Region
Western Norway
County
Rogaland
District
Jæren
Municipality
Sola
Time zone
UTC+01:00
CET
DST
UTC+02:00
CEST
Sola
Rogaland
Norway
Stavanger Peninsula
North Sea
Hafrsfjorden
Stavanger
Tananger Chapel
Tananger Church

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