Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Forsand

Industry DescriptionNumber of EstablishmentsAverage Google Rating
Other accommodation84.3
Construction of buildings74.3
Wholesale of machinery73.9

Forsand Facts

Area1.8 km²
Population16
Population change (1975 to 2020)-90.7%
Population change (2000 to 2020)-90.1%
Local Time
TimezoneCentral European Summer Time
Lat & Lng58.90330, 6.10480
Postal Codes41104119

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Forsand Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data19751990200020152020
Population1722231621516
Population Density94.9 / km²123 / km²89.4 / km²8.3 / km²8.8 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Forsand Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 90.7% from year 2000 to 2015

LocationChange since 1975Change since 1990Change since 2000
Forsand-91.3%-93.3%-90.7%
Rogaland+66.6%+43%+26.9%
Norway+30.2%+23.2%+16.4%
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Forsand Population Density

Population Density: 8.8 / km²

LocationPopulationAreaDensity
Forsand161.813 km²8.8 / km²
Rogaland472,44716,531.3 km²28.6 / km²
Norway4.9 million322,754.2 km²15.2 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Forsand Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:
  1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
  2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
  3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Forsand

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Forsand CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

LocationCO2 EmissionsCO2 Emissions Per CapitaCO2 Emissions Intensity
Forsand294 tn18.35 tn162 tons/km²
Rogaland5,201,816 tn11.01 tn314.7 tons/km²
Norway86,855,170 tn17.74 tn269.1 tons/km²
Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a
Forsand CO2 Emissions
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)294 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita18.35 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)162 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

HazardRisk Level
EarthquakeLow (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
  1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
  2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

DateTimeMagnitudeDistanceDepthLocationLink
3/14/127:22 PM3.676 km6,200 msouthern Norwayusgs.gov
8/12/002:27 PM4.193.2 km10,000 msouthern Norwayusgs.gov
4/14/921:10 PM3.772.9 km10,000 msouthern Norwayusgs.gov
8/23/914:07 AM3.122.3 km10,000 msouthern Norwayusgs.gov
2/25/9010:00 AM384.9 km10,000 msouthern Norwayusgs.gov
1/29/894:38 PM4.860.2 km10,000 msouthern Norwayusgs.gov
3/8/836:43 PM4.892.9 km33,000 msouthern Norwayusgs.gov

Forsand

Forsand is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Forsand was separated from Høle on 1 January 1871. In 1999, evidence of a population here dating back to around 7500 BC was located. is located within the constraints of two fjords, Lysefjord and..

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