Høyland is a former municipality in Rogaland

Rogaland

is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

 county, Norway.

The parish of Høiland was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,286. On 6 April 1861 the city Sandnes

Sandnes

is a city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Jæren.-History:Sandnes was separated from Høyland as a municipality of its own in 1860, and gained city status the same year...

 was separated from Høyland to contstitute a municipality of its own. The split left Høyland with 3,376 inhabitants. In 1912 a part of Høyland with 41 inhabitants was moved to Hetland

Hetland

Hetland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.It was created as Hetland formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. On 1 July 1922, Randaberg was separated from Hetland to create a municipality of its own. The split left Hetland with a population of 10,167...

, and in 1957 a part of Høyland with 18 inhabitants was moved to Sandnes.

On 1 January 1965 the rest of Høyland was incorporated into Sandnes along with parts of Hetland and Høle

Høle

Høle is a borough and former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.The municipality was separated from Strand as Høgsfjord formannskapsdistrikt in 1842. On 1 January 1871 the district Forsand was divided from Høgsfjord to form a municipality of its own...

. Prior to the merger Høyland had a population of 20,353.