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Sørnes
Sørnes is a village in Sola municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the southeastern end of the Hafrsfjorden, about southwest of the city of Stavanger. The village is a part of the larger Stavanger/Sandnes metropolitan area. The village lies just west of the European route E39 highway and just a short distance north of the village of Solakrossen.
A large proportion of the population commutes to work in nearby Stavanger. The village is named after the old Sørnes farm ( Old Norse: Suđrnes). The first element is suđr which means "southern" and the last element is nes which means " headland".
Sørnes (surname)
Sørnes is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Rasmus Sørnes (1893–1967), Norwegian clockmaker and inventor
- Tor Sørnes (born 1925), Norwegian inventor, writer and politician
- Sverre Sørnes (born 1945), Norwegian long-distance runner
- Torgrim Sørnes (born 1956), Norwegian physician, historian and author