Figgjo is a borough of the city of 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...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It has a population of 1,805.

By Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English...

 it is also considered to be an urban area separate from Sandnes city, but it has grown together with Ålgård

Ålgård

Ålgård is an area functioning as the administrative centre for the Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland, Norway, in the Jæren region. It is 10 km southeast of Sandnes...

 in the neighboring municipality Gjesdal

Gjesdal

Gjesdal is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. In the northwest the municipality borders Sandnes, to the north Forsand, to the east Sirdal, to the south Bjerkreim, and to the west Time....

. Figgjo and Ålgård have a combined population of 9,144. Figgjo's urban area alone has a population of 1,587.

Figgjo is known for the Figgjo

Figgjo (company)

Figgjo AS is a Norwegian porcelain manufacturing company, founded in 1941. It is based at Figgjo in the municipality of Sandnes, Norway.The company took its current form in 1968 following the merger of Stavangerflint AS with Figgjo Fajanse AS....

 factories. Previously the village had a train station on the now closed Ålgård Line.