Tasta

For other uses, see Tasta (disambiguation).

Tasta is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough is located in the northern part of the city.^[3] The 10.87-square-kilometre (2,690-acre) borough has a population (2016) of 15,379. This gives the borough a population density of 1,415 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,660/sq mi).^[2]

Tasta kommunedel
Borough
Coat of arms
Location within Stavanger municipality
Coordinates: 58°58′52″N 05°41′36″E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
City	Stavanger
Area
• Total	10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	65 m (213 ft)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	15,379
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	4029 Stavanger

Prior to 2020, the eastern half of the island of Åmøy was also included in this borough, but starting in 2020 that area has been part of the borough of Rennesøy.

The local sports clubs are Tasta IL and Vardeneset BK.

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" (delområder) do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Tasta roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods: Indre Tasta and Ytre Tasta.

Politics

Tasta borough is led by a municipal borough council (kommunedelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances:

Tasta kommunedelsutvalg 2020–2024 ^[4]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	People's Action No to More Road Tolls (Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger)	2
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
Total number of members:		11

Tasta bydelsutvalg 2015–2019 ^[5]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
Total number of members:		11

References

1. "Tasta, Stavanger" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
2. "Stavanger statistiker - bydeler" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Tasta" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
4. "Tasta kommunedelsutvalg". Stavanger kommune. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
5. "Madla bydelsutvalg" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. Retrieved 27 April 2016.