Kleppe
For other uses, see Kleppe (disambiguation).
New buildings being erected in Kleppe (2007)
Kleppe is a village in, and the administrative centre of, the municipality of Klepp, in the county of Rogaland, Norway.
"Kleppe" comes from the old Nordic word "kleppr": stone, hill. The population around Kleppe is growing rapidly, mostly in the form of suburban single-family homes, but also in the form of apartment blocks. The village itself has around 3,000 inhabitants - but including the neighboring Verdalen the area has 7,348 (2009 "urban settlement" statistics from Statistics Norway).
Coordinates: 58°46′25″N 5°37′58″E / 58.77361°N 5.63278°E
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