Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland Norway. Stavanger municipality has a population of 121 610. There are 189 828 people living in the Stavanger conurbation making Stavanger the fourth largest city but the third largest urban area in Norway. Stavanger is the centre of the Stavanger metropolitan area which has a population of 297 569 and the administrative centre of Rogaland county. The city is commonly referred to as the Petroleum Capital of Norway.
