Flatanger Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway
Organization municipality_of_norway Q48276
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Summary

Flatanger Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Trøndelag[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Olav Jørgen Bjørkås[5]
  • Capital: Lauvsnes[6]
  • Shares border with: Osen Municipality[7], Namsos Municipality[8], Nærøysund Municipality[9]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[10]
  • Commons category: Flatanger[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1871[12]
  • Highest point: Beingårdsheia[13]
  • Separated from: Fosnes Municipality[14]
  • Official website: https://www.flatanger.kommune.no/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Flatanger Municipality[16]
  • Described at URL: https://openbeta.io/crag/2bc954ef-627d-5ade-8368-0050f0673fe6[17], https://www.8a.nu/crags/sportclimbing/norway/flatanger/[18]
  • Population: 1103[19], 1100[20], 1101[21], 1108[22], 1116[23], 1121[24], 1110[25]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Flatanger[26]
  • Number of households: 479[27], 421[28], 18[29], 31[30], 3[31], 6[32]
  • Demonym: flatangring[33]
  • Area: 460 km²[34], 458.7148594100285 km²[35], 1283.635718135068 km²[36], 824.9208587250394 km²[37], 230.44216963723406 km²[38], 0 km²[39], 24.52756502889584 km²[40], 0.667406160658785 km²[41], 17.94777688038885 km²[42], 174.80954926504728 km²[43], 9.931619831572657 km²[44], 0.2620483292573007 km²[45], 0.030745284690709824 km²[46], 0.09597899228301465 km²[47]
  • Has list: Grunnkretser i Flatanger kommune[48]
  • Language used: Bokmål[49], Nynorsk[50]

Why It Matters

Flatanger Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . flatanger.kommune.no. Retrieved . flatanger.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → Grunnkretser i Flatanger kommune
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    Topic's main category → Category:Flatanger Municipality
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